The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is recruiting an Advisory Lawyer to join the Legal Services Division’s expanding team working on the Building Safety Regulator function of HSE. Following Dame Judith Hackitt’s Building a Safer Future Report, the Building Safety Act 2022 created the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) as part of HSE, alongside new powers and responsibilities. There are two main operational areas within the BSR legal team: the regulation of Higher Risk Buildings and the regulation of the Building Control Profession. These areas require legal advice and assistance to support decision making and formal legal action in courts and tribunals, including prosecution for non-compliance with regulatory standards and in relation to incidents.
The work of the BSR legal team is wide-ranging, interesting, and challenging. It encompasses criminal and civil proceedings, appeals against civil sanctions in the context of the regulation of the building control profession, and supporting BSR’s role as a statutory consultee in planning applications and inquiries. This role predominantly involves the provision of risk-based legal advice on policies and the interpretation of legislation relating to the safety of buildings. The legal issues the BSR legal team encounters are often complex, wide-ranging, and novel, and our advisory lawyer will work closely with policy officials to assist them in making proper and lawful decisions, in accordance with public law principles, whilst at all times considering legal risk and anticipating legal challenges.
We are looking for a highly capable qualified lawyer to join our supportive team where we can offer a challenging and exciting career.
If you would like more information on the role, please follow the link below.
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