Operations Officer Senior
Resume:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Mr Gheias Uddin Azam Ilyas
Address: ** ******* ******.
Keighley.
West Yorkshire.BD21 2BU.United Kingdom.
Date of Birth: 09/08/1971 Marital Status: Married with
children.
Nationality: British Citizen Telephone: (01535) 500514
Mobile:
Email: ******@*****************.**.** Occupation: Solicitor and
Barrister.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.
1990-1993 Awarded BSc (Hons) degree by Leeds Metropolitan University.
1993-1994 Awarded Post Graduate Diploma in Law by the University of
Plymouth.
1994-1995 Passed Bar Finals Examinations conducted by the Council of Legal
Education/Inns of Court School of Law,London with Honours.Subjects examined
included Private International Law and Civil Law and Procedure.
1996 Called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of
the Middle
Temple.London.
2007 Passed the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT) in Professional
Conduct and
Accounts as stipulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after being
examined at
BPP Law School in Manchester in December 2007.
15 April 2008 -- Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales by the
Master of the
Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke.My SRA Reference Number is 32308.
01 August 2013 - Awarded the Post Graduate Certificate in Laws by the
University of
London. Presently nearing completion of LLM Degree by Distance Learning of
the
University of London International Programmes.
EMPLOYMENT
November 2011- To Date Principal Solicitor at ILC Solicitors Limited of
32A
Netherhall Road, Doncaster. DN1 2PW.England. Duties include management and
supervision of admitted and unadmitted staff. Case preparation. Compliance
and
Regulatory issues. Professional Correspondance. Marketing. Responsibility
for Advocacy
in Courts and Tribunals. Drafting documentation. Advising private and
corporate clients.
August 2007-April 2010 Civil Litigation and Commercial Lawyer at
Greenfields
Solicitors in Bradford.Duties include the formal drafting of trust
instruments,
conveyances of land, making applications to the Court for Variation of
Deeds of
Settlement, Advising clients on minimizing tax liability and estate
planning. Other duties
include the drafting of wills and making applications for probate.
2004 to August 2007 (when the Principal Solicitor retired from practice). I
worked at
Messrs Josephs Solicitors LLP, a small and private Law Firm in Lancashire,
in the
capacity of a full time Lawyer specializing in Civil Litigation, Family Law
and
Immigration Law as well as general common law.
2001 - 2004 Full Time Lecturer in Law at the University of Bradford Law
School UK.
Duties here included teaching core legal subjects to undergraduate students
on a
qualifying Law degree Course (LLB (Hons) ) and also teaching students
following the
courses leading to qualification as a legal executive (ILEX Higher
Professional Diploma
In Law)and also the supervision of Post Graduate dissertation
students.Other duties
included marking candidates work and general teaching and academic
duties.Administrative duties also undertaken in relation to general course
management.
Subjects taught included Law of Equity, Law of Trusts and Law of
Succession.
2001 -2004 External Examiner in GCE A level Law(Syllabus 9084) for the
University
of Cambridge International Examinations Board (CIE) .Duties were to mark
public
examinations from worldwide centres in Summer and Winter series of
examinations.
1999- 2001 Full Time Civil Litigation Lawyer at Dins Solicitors Bradford
UK.Duties
here included representation of clients before the Courts and the drafting
of all forms of
legal documentation for clients.Advising clients on their legal positions
and professional
correspondence with third parties.
1999. Civil Litigation and Family Lawyer at Aurangzeb Iqbal and Co
Solicitors
Great Horton Road, Bradford. England.Duties here included trusts work and
drafting of
all forms of trust instruments, Powers of Attorney and Conveyances of land.
Other duties
included drafting of Court pleadings and Court documents. Advocacy before
the
Ordinary Courts and Tribunals.Family work included ancillary relief and
divorce work.
Membership of Professional Bodies
I am a Barrister member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
London.
I am entitled to practice as a Barrister in the UK.
I am also a Member of the Association of Law Teachers in the UK.
I hold a current solicitors practicing certificate issued by the SRA.My
reference number
is 32308.
Hobbies and Interests
I am keen on reading, badminton and on current affairs.
I am also keen on ensuring that people are not left without representation
entirely on
financial grounds and I do a lot of Pro bono work for local charities.
I wish to pursue a professional academic career in teaching the law at a
reputable
University in the UK or abroad.
Other Skills and Attributes.
I am computer literate and can effectively use the computer and various
modern day
packages including Excel, Saga, Word.
I am fluent in the South Asian Languages (eg Urdu and Punjabi and Hindi) as
well as in
English.
I am well-organised and reliable in the performance of my duties.
I have excellent research skills and am familiar with all methods of
primary and
secondary data collection.
I spend at least 16 hours per week engaged in the private study of the law
with a view to
gaining the University of London LLM in the next 6 months or so. I am
completing this
course as an External student without any teaching or study support.
I would like to embark on a PHD Programme in the Law after I have completed
my LLM
Studies.
References
1. Mr Nash Kumar
Senior Operations Officer.
ILC Solicitors Limited.
32A Netherhall Road.
Doncaster. DN1 2PW. Email:
*****@*****************.**.**
2. Mr Zafar Ali . (Justice of the Peace and District Councillor)
2 Cark Road
Keighley
West Yorkshire. BD21 3BT
Email: *****.******@*****.***
3. Mr Peter Shears LLM
Principal Lecturer in Laws.
Plymouth Business School
Plymouth.DEVON.
PL4 8AA
Email:*.******@***.**.**
Tele: 017**-******
Further Personal and academic references are available upon
request.
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