FJG is the Essex law firm with deep-rooted ethical values and cast-iron integrity, committed to providing expert legal advice and exceptional client service. FJG’s ethos is to work hard every day to make FJG the preferred choice for anyone requiring legal advice from a law firm with a conscience.

Respected by clients and peers alike, FJG are committed to giving back to the locality in which we work, truly wanting to make a difference for you, your business, and our shared communities. Together, our employees are driven by a desire to build a law firm for future generations where clients continue to receive outstanding legal advice from a firm with strong ethics and approachable staff.

We also pride ourselves on being a vibrant, innovative, and technologically advanced firm, embracing new ways of working to enhance our clients’ entire experience of legal services. However, you can rest assured that with more than 40 years’ experience, FJG remains current in our thoughts and actions but a trusted, established firm. Our expertise is backed up by accreditations and awards, with “Leading Firm” rankings in both the Legal500 and Chambers directories across several areas. We have also held the Lexcel Law Society quality mark for over a decade.

You can trust FJG’s 200 legal experts and support staff to be authoritatively reassuring, plain-speaking, and knowledgeable finding efficient and practical ways to help across a wide range of areas. Whether it’s company and commercial, family law, wills, or conveyancing, FJG is the right choice for you, your family, and your business.

Corporate Social Responsibility

At Fisher Jones Greenwood Solicitors, we are driven by a desire to build a law firm for future generations and this extends beyond the work we do but into the other activities that our staff are involved in. At FJG, our brand is built on deep-rooted ethical values and we’re aware that we have a collective responsibility to not only provide expert legal services but to look after the environment we live and work in and serve our community.

We truly want to make a difference for you, your business, and our shared communities, this is how we show our commitment:

History

Embedded within our firm’s values and proven history, FJG have been at the forefront in providing services including legally aided and pro bono advice on employment, welfare benefits, housing, immigration, community care, education, public law, personal injury and many more to vulnerable client groups.

Today, FJG is helping refugees from Libya, Iran, Eritrea, Afghanistan, and Syria, offers Family Law advice in conjunction with the Anglia Ruskin Law School Law Clinic, and offer pro-bono services through Frontline Solicitors.

Protecting the Environment

FJG is committed to protecting the environment by where possible working paperlessly, using eco-friendly stationery and printing options, and promoting our services through environmentally friendly giveaways such as reusable bags, bamboo straws, and stainless steel water bottles.

Providing accessibility

FJG are continually striving to improve the access to legal services such examples include being accredited with the RAD – Deaf Aware Quality Mark and the SignLive system. Find out on our accessibility pages.

Supporting the community through volunteering

FJG works together using the skills and time of all our colleagues to support community projects and disadvantaged communities through the provision of practical and financial assistance. The firm actively encourages its employees to get involved wherever possible and to give back to the locality in which we work.

This year the firm is working towards completing 100 days of volunteering; having helped local, community causes such as Kids Inspire, Clacton Food Bank, and The Shelley Therapeutic Riding Centre.

Supporting Charities

The FJG Foundation has been set up for the benefit of and to support local charitable and worth causes and has supported over 36 groups, schools, charities and organisations for young people. The Trust relies on donations, but also raises money to be able to do this through events and initiatives throughout the year. For more information about the Foundation and how to get involved, please see our dedicated FJG Foundation pages. In addition, FJG supports local charitable events and initiatives throughout the year.

Underpinning all of this is the belief that at FJG we work hard every day to make FJG the preferred choice for anyone requiring legal advice from a law firm with a conscience.

Lexcel The national Law Society’s law management quality mark, Lexcel is developed specifically for the legal profession. It is an optional, recognised accreditation scheme for law firms and in-house legal departments which gives assurance that a practice meets high client care and business management standards. Our Lexcel accreditation which we have held since 2007 proves a serious commitment to the continual development of our practice management standards and acts as a beacon of quality to clients and potential clients alike.
Chambers The well-respected Chambers UK Guide provides reliable and up-to-date recommendations on the best law firms and lawyers. For over 30 years, Chambers has been the leading source of legal market intelligence with ranking guides for numerous locations across the world. We have obtained Chambers and Partners rankings in the UK guide for both our Family Law and Corporate & Commercial teams. Also, Senior Partner, Tony Fisher, and head of the Family Law team, Simon Osborn are ranked as leaders in their fields. As the Chambers guide rankings are considered on the basis of client feedback, we believe these rankings are a true testament to the level of client service given at FJG.
Legal 500 The 2021 edition of the Legal 500 directory saw the FJG Family Law team celebrate a decade of Top Tier rankings. Overall, the firm has eight practice areas highly ranked. As well as the Family Law team maintaining their top-level ranking, so did the Commercial Property team. Moreover, the 'outstanding' Personal Injury team are ranked for a second time in 2021. In addition, Partner, Simon Osborn (Head of the Family Law team), and Senior Partner, Tony Fisher are ranked as ‘Leading Individuals’. An additional six legal experts are mentioned this year as ‘Next Generation Partners’ and three are recognised as 'Rising Stars' showing the firm’s commitment to encouraging new talent within the legal profession. Providing comprehensive coverage on legal services in over 100 countries around the world, by improving and maintaining a strong presence in the Legal 500 rankings, clients can be confident that they will receive the highest possible level of client care, service, and expertise when they instruct us.
Equity Release Council Fisher Jones Greenwood became members of the Equity Release Council in 2018. The Equity Release Council are an industry body in the equity release sector; they believe in protecting and educating the consumer to the valid use and access to equity release by guiding and supporting the profession.
Cyber Essentials In 2016, Fisher Jones Greenwood is delighted to have attained Cyber Essentials accreditation, a government-backed cyber security certification scheme. The base Cyber Essentials certification covers a wide range of security processes, including account management, firewall configuration, device configuration, backup processes and other security-related configurations.
The Samaritans The Samaritans and Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP are committed to working together to raise the awareness and reach of the good work done by both the Samaritans and Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP, the latter especially through its charitable foundation known as the ‘FJG Foundation’. By working together, it is hoped that a real impact can be made in Chelmsford and the surrounding areas, to reduce the number of emotional distress cases recorded and ensure those that need the support offered by the Samaritans and Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP, receive it. Samaritans' vision is that fewer people die by suicide. They work to achieve this vision by making it their mission to alleviate emotional distress and reduce the incidence of suicide feelings and suicidal behaviour. In Chelmsford, they are open for half the week, many days around the clock. The core of their work is a telephone helpline, in addition to which they offer a drop-in service for face-to-face discussion, provide emotional support via email and SMS, undertake outreach at festivals and other outdoor events and train prisoners as "Listeners" to provide support within HMP Chelmsford. They are locally run, entirely by volunteers and receive no funds from government, having to raise everything they spend.
Law Society Excellence Awards In 2016, at the 10th annual Law Society Excellence Awards, we won the ‘Excellence in Technology’ award as a result of our work in the design of workflows combining law and technology with our existing case management system. This enables efficient, secure access to justice for those of modest means who fell out of scope as a result of government changes imposed post LASPO (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012).
Essex Digital Awards The Essex Digital Awards reward businesses, charities and schools across Essex for their digital achievements over the past year. In 2016, we were awarded the bronze award in the Best Business to Business Website category and in 2015 we were also awarded the Bronze Award for best Business Blog in recognition of the interesting and informative blog posts published over that year. In addition, in 2015, FJG were also finalists for Website of the Year.
Tendring Blue Ribbon Awards We achieved double award success in 2016 at the inaugural Tendring Blue Ribbon Awards. We won the both ‘Business in the Community’ award and the prestigious ‘Judges Award’ for all-round excellence.
Countywide We were proud winners of the prestigious Countywide Customer Service Excellence award 2011. Established for 18 years, the awards are a local platform for celebrating the very best business successes in the area. They recognise the efforts of local companies who have one thing in common, the dedication to achieve excellence. As a firm we also hold several specialist quality marks from the Legal Services Commission in different areas of law including family, conveyancing and immigration. In addition we have previously won the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award, Business in the Community East of England Leadership Award for Pro Bono Company of the Year and the Communic8 Award of Excellence for New Media. We have also been short listed for the Law Society’s Excellence in Social Responsibility award.

Our Vision

For every individual and business to have access to expert legal services offered by professionals who care about their local communities and show compassion towards our obligations to future generations.

Our Core Values

As a firm we have a set of core values that we are always striving towards. In everything we do, we are always committed to implementing these values at every opportunity in order to be:

• Fair − At its heart FJG is fair.
• Integrity – To be honest, fair, and straightforward in our approach. We expect our employees to demonstrate sound moral and ethical principles in the workplace.
• Respect – To act with consideration towards our clients and colleagues and treat others how we would like to be treated.
• Expertise –To share our knowledge and skills and maintain our expert status through training and continuous education.

Our Brand

In 2020 FJG Solicitors embarked on a rebranding project that will last the full year. Therefore throughout 2020, you may notice that the brand aesthetic that you see on the FJG website or social media may be different from what you see on a printed FJG advert or business card. Please bear with us as we go through the process of refreshing the FJG brand.

Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD)

Fisher Jones Greenwood are proud partners of the Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) and have been awarded a Deaf-Aware Quality Mark.

As one of the leading Deaf charities delivering specialist services to, and working within the Deaf Community, RAD is committed to supporting mainstream services to become more accessible to Deaf people.

Communication is one of the biggest barriers and causes of social isolation for Deaf people; meaning that access to services can be a real challenge.

There are three standards that FJG had to achieve to be awarded the Deaf-Aware Quality Mark:

Accessibility – focuses on the personnel and equipment provisions linked to reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.

Communication – focuses on Deaf awareness and communication provision.

Equality – focuses on developing equality between Deaf and hearing customers with regards to services provided by Fisher Jones Greenwood.

FJG is also the first law firm to work with SignLive; ensuring that Deaf clients gain swifter access to a qualified British Sign Language Interpreter.

 

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SignLive

SignLive is a deaf-owned organisation based in the UK. It is a first-class service provider of online video interpreting services; all relayed through its Video Relay Service (VRS) and Video Remote Interpreting (VRI). This allows Deaf people anywhere in the world to communicate with anyone, at any time, using an app which connects them to a qualified British Sign Language Interpreter.

At Fisher Jones Greenwood we know that Equality and Diversity is at the forefront of customer services operations for businesses and organisations. SignLive allows us to communicate with our Deaf clients in real-time, without the need to organise face-to-face interpreters.

Click the links below to see how SignLive works for:

Computers

iPAD

Android

 

 

Current legal vacancies in Essex

Though we will advertise for paralegal positions when we are actively recruiting, we are also happy to accept CVs for paralegals at any time.

All applications must be submitted by the applicant themselves. Please submit a CV and covering letter to [email protected]. If you’re unable to submit an application by email, we will accept applications by post, or hand-delivered, to our Colchester office in Charter Court; marked for the attention of the HR Manager.

Please note that we do not accept applications from agents or recruitment agents on behalf of applicants. Any applications received from an agent or recruitment agent will not be read or considered and will be discarded.

If you would like to read about the routes into becoming a Solicitor, click here.

For information on our current vacancies, or for how to apply for jobs, please use the accordions above.

For 35 years Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP has been a rapidly expanding part of the Essex Legal community.

A great part of this success has been due to our staff and our working environment. Due to the location of our offices throughout Essex, we are in the unique position to be able to offer both town centre and out of town working for our employees across a wide range of Legal disciplines.

We enjoy our work and value good relationships within the firm. We like to recruit cheerful, outgoing people who are ready to tackle anything.

Naturally, we look for academic qualifications and skills appropriate to each role. But we especially welcome people with a positive attitude; and who are willing to take responsibility and work as part of a team.

We are also an equal opportunities employer and welcome people from all backgrounds. We recognise that to be successful, we need to create an inclusive environment where everyone can realise their potential and succeed.

This means all employees, and job applicants, will be treated without regard to Sex, Race, Age, Gender, Religion or Disability.

Our goal is to treat all individuals fairly throughout; any decisions and selections in the workplace are based solely on job-related criteria and the needs of the firm.

At Fisher Jones Greenwood we understand the importance of gaining valuable work experience before committing yourself to a career in law. With this in mind, we’ve designed a work experience programme that has our candidate’s best interests at heart. We offer a one-week structured work experience programme with pre-set tasks designed to give our candidates a good understanding of the work we do for our clients.

Your week will include:

• Day 1 – Company Introduction, basic training then time with the Wills, Life Planning & Probate Team
• Day 2 – Day with the Family Law Team
• Day 3 – Day with the Corporate Commercial Team
• Day 4 – Day with the Commercial Property Team
• Day 5 – Personal development day including CV Building, Mock Interview, 121 with a Partner & Blog Writing

We run placements on a quarterly basis but welcome applications all year round. We will come back to each applicant regarding the selection process which involves a short virtual ‘interview’.

If you‘re interested or you would like any further information please forward your CV with a covering letter to [email protected]. Due to the high levels of applications, we receive all applications are subject to availability.

If you would like to read how our previous candidates found their work experience week at Fisher Jones Greenwood please hit the link below and read their blogs.

Read about Lauren’s week of work experience here.
Read about Abbey’s week of work experience here.
Read about Ellie’s week of work experience here.
Read about Maya’s week of work experience here.
Read about Olivia’s week of work experience here.

At Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP we realise the importance of equality and diversity; and are proud to be signatories of the Law Society’s diversity and inclusion Charter.

Established in 2009, the charter is designed to help practices turn their commitment to diversity and inclusion in to positive, practical action.

It is a public commitment by FJG to promote the values of diversity and inclusion. Whether through recruitment, retention, career progression or training and development, we are committed to improving opportunities for people in the legal profession; regardless of their background or circumstances.

As charter signatories we are required to participate in a biennial report. This is to show how well we are meeting our charter commitments, and where more work needs to be done. There is also a set of protocols to help us fulfil our commitments, accompanied by checklists and best practice guidelines.

In line with the Charter, as signatories, FJG will:

1. Strive to achieve best practice in our recruitment, retention and career progression practices as employers
2. Support the development of good diversity practice by collecting and sharing examples of practical activities that contribute to progress with other signatories
3. Assign responsibility for meeting our charter commitments to a named, senior level individual
4. Work together to develop and adopt future protocols that support the practical implementation of the aims of this charter
5. Annually publish the diversity profile of our UK employees and details of our work on equality, diversity and inclusion
6. Publish a joint annual report on the basis of a monitoring exercise; in order to measure the impact of this charter and its protocols. These reports will form the basis of regular dialogue with stakeholders, employees and clients.

For more information on the Charter, please visit the Law Society by clicking here. You can also download the latest biennial report here.

Source: http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/practice-management/diversity-inclusion/diversity-inclusion-charter/

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