Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Closing Date: 25 June 2024
This role is subject to -
1. Qualification - Qualified solicitor, barrister, Chartered Lawyer or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives holding a current practising certificate.
The successful candidate will work as part of the Housing Legal Team.
The Housing Team has conduct of a varied caseload arising from the management of the Council's housing stock, anti social behaviour in the community and legal challenges to homelessness decisions. The caseload includes:
2. Injunction Applications (including urgent without notice Applications)
3. Possession Claims
4. Closure Order Applications
5. Applications for Committal, including on arrest
6. Statutory Appeals and judicial review arising from homelessness decisions.
7. Advice relating to succession, assignment and mutual exchange.