Levi Solicitors LLP

Overview

Levi Solicitors LLP is an independent, regional law firm rooted in Leeds with a national reach. Founded in 1934, the firm combines a long Yorkshire heritage with a partner-led, full-service offering across residential and commercial property, private client work (wills, probate and estate planning), dispute resolution and professional negligence. The firm highlights client-centred service, a modern approach to client delivery (including online conveyancing and wills services) and active community/CSR engagement as distinguishing features.

Headquarters: Leeds, 33 St. Pauls Street
Founded: 1934
Offices: 3

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

Real Estate
Private Client & Wealth
Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Professional Negligence
Regulatory & Compliance
Immigration
Housing & Social Housing
Commercial Contracts
Tax

Geographic Focus: Primarily West Yorkshire (Leeds and Moortown) with an additional London office and remote/online services enabling work for clients across the UK. The firm positions itself as regional with national reach and offers virtual appointments, online conveyancing quotes and a conveyancing app to serve clients outside its office locations.

Training Contract

Levi advertises training contracts that cover both personal and business legal services. Training is described as partner-led and supportive, with structured career paths, mentoring and opportunities to participate in business development, regional networking and the firm's CSR programmes.

Application Deadline: TBC

Seat Options

Mentorship

The firm provides mentoring and support for professional qualifications and describes structured mentoring arrangements and supervisory oversight during training. Training candidates are supported by supervising partners and benefit from internal training and development opportunities.

Notable Matters

Landowner v Environment Agency — listed structure damages (in excess of £3m)

Acted for a landowner in a dispute with the Environment Agency concerning damages to a listed structure with a value in excess of £3m. The matter involved complex property and environment-related dispute work and required specialist litigation strategy on high-value remediation/damage claims.

Dispute Resolution & Litigation

Commercial landlord v national supermarket — breach of freehold covenants

Acted for a commercial landlord in a dispute against a national supermarket chain concerning alleged breaches of freehold covenants. The engagement involved covenant interpretation, negotiation and (where required) litigation to protect landlord interests in a high-value commercial leasehold context.

Dispute Resolution & Litigation

Architect / construction professional negligence — £120,000 recovery

Professional negligence claim arising from defective building works where the firm achieved a settlement/ recovery in the region of £120,000 on behalf of a client following proceedings and negotiation with construction professionals and their insurers.

Professional Negligence

Personal injury claim settlements (examples up to £175,000)

Representative personal injury matters resulting in settlements up to approximately £175,000, demonstrating the firm's capability in higher-value personal injury and clinical negligence recoveries for individual clients.

Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence

Social landlord defence — First-tier Tribunal service charge claim

Advising and representing a social landlord defending a First-tier Tribunal claim brought by a group of tenants regarding historical service charge payments. The matter encompassed specialist housing law, tribunal advocacy and costs advice.

Housing & Social Housing

What Levi Solicitors LLP Looks For

Key Competencies

Client focus and commercial awareness
Teamwork and collaboration
Attention to detail
Professionalism and integrity
Resilience and adaptability
Strong communication skills
Commitment to community/CSR and client care

Evidence Signals

Previous paralegal or conveyancing/probate experience
Practical experience handling client matters or caseloads
Active participation in volunteering or community projects
Demonstrable client-service examples and commercial awareness
Attendance at law fairs or campus recruitment events and engagement with regional networks

Benefits & Wellbeing

Generous holiday allowances (increasing with length of service)
Office closure between Christmas and New Year (on top of holiday)
Birthday day off
Paid volunteer day each year
Hybrid / flexible working
Health cash plans
Employee Assistance Programme
Free flu jabs
Cycle to Work scheme
Discounted legal fees
Sports and social events throughout the year
Conveyancing app (client-facing technology to streamline admin)
Online wills portal and online appointment options

Wellbeing

Signed up to the Mindful Employer Charter; Practice Manager is a fully trained Mental Health First Aider. The firm runs wellbeing-focused initiatives, provides an Employee Assistance Programme and encourages staff volunteer days and community engagement.

Awards & Recognition

Private Client Team of the Year – Boutique, British Wills and Probate Awards 2023 (Winner)
Modern Law Private Client Awards 2023 – Shortlisted: Private Client Team of the Year – Wills & Probate (Shortlisted)
Modern Law Private Client Awards 2023 – Shortlisted: Business Growth (Shortlisted)
British Conveyancing Awards 2023 – Alex Newman, finalist (Risk & Compliance Champion of the Year) (Finalist)
Lexcel reaccreditation (14th reaccreditation) 2025
Shortlisted: Yorkshire Legal Awards 2025 – Law Firm of the Year: Small and LawTech Initiative of the Year (Shortlisted)
Shortlisted: Yorkshire Legal Awards 2026 – Litigation and Dispute Resolution (Shortlisted)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The firm has signed the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge and the Mindful Employer Charter and has signed up to the West Yorkshire Fair Work Charter, demonstrating commitments to age-friendliness, mental health awareness and fair work practices.

Age-Friendly Employer Pledge
Mindful Employer Charter
Dementia Friends (all wills team members)
Signed up to the West Yorkshire Fair Work Charter
Encourages staff trusteeships, non-executive directorships and voluntary roles
Volunteer day and active local charity support (St. Gemma’s Hospice, Homeless Street Angels, Yorkshire Children’s Charity)

Pro Bono

The firm promotes volunteering (team volunteer days and paid volunteer day per year), supports local charities (St Gemma’s Hospice, Homeless Street Angels, Yorkshire Children’s Charity), donates supplies to homeless charities and foodbanks, and encourages staff involvement in community fundraising and trustee roles.

Innovation

The firm invests in client-facing digital services to improve efficiency and remote service delivery: a conveyancing app to streamline administrative tasks, online conveyancing quotes and an online wills portal. The firm emphasises technology's role in facilitating culture and communications internally and markets virtual appointments and remote case handling as part of its national service offering.

Conveyancing app (client-facing)
Online legal services including online wills portal and instant conveyancing quotes
Virtual appointments (video call and telephone) and online booking
LawTech / legal-technology initiatives reflected in shortlists for LawTech awards

Quick Application Angles

Demonstrate direct relevance to their core practice areas — emphasise conveyancing or private client experience (or clear commercial awareness) in applications and link this to the firm’s conveyancing app and online client service offering.
Reference the firm’s Leeds heritage and regional focus (founded 1934) and show an understanding of the West Yorkshire market — local knowledge or experience with regional clients and charities will resonate.
Highlight commitment to client care and community: mention involvement in CSR, volunteer work or local charity partnerships (St. Gemma’s Hospice, Homeless Street Angels) to mirror the firm’s values.
If applying to private client or probate roles, cite the firm’s awards (Private Client Team of the Year – Boutique, 2023) and demonstrate experience with wills/probate/estate planning or contentious probate.
Show adaptability to digital client service (examples of using client portals, remote working, or digital case management) — the firm promotes online conveyancing and virtual appointments.