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Interim Litigation Lawyer – Legal Services
Job Ref: Darlington 6335415163053
Pay Rate: £27.00 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: Darlington
A DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role; however, the level of disclosure has not been specified by the client.
The purpose of the role is to act as a key member of the Litigation Team, delivering legal services to the Council and external clients in relation to civil litigation.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide a comprehensive and quality legal service on all aspects of civil litigation including debt recovery, housing disrepair claims and employment law matters.
Provide a strategic and proactive civil litigation advisory and consultancy service to the Council and external clients, including undertaking legal research as required.
Draft court applications, prepare witness statements, deal with correspondence, brief and instruct counsel and other experts, negotiate with other parties, oversee the preparation of bundles and ensure cases are ready for trial.
Attend and present cases (subject to rights of audience) including contested hearings at courts, tribunals, panels and other hearings, as required, instructing counsel where appropriate.
Attend and advise relevant committees or panels, such as Licensing or Introductory Tenancy Appeals.
Investigate complaints of alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct by Elected Members.
Assist the Principal Lawyer with the management of the team, including supporting and developing colleagues, demonstrating duties, instructing and checking the work of others.
Ensure that all matters within your care and conduct are properly and expeditiously progressed in accordance with best practice.
Qualifications:
A qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive with a current practising certificate and rights of audience.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Working knowledge / practical experience of dealing with civil litigation.
Experience of attending and presenting cases at courts, panels, hearings and tribunals.
Experience of interpreting legislation, case law, policy or procedures to give recommendations/advice.
Experience of effective negotiating to reach satisfactory outcomes.
Be able to communicate well, both verbally and in writing, with colleagues, members, external organisations and the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Darlington 6335415163053
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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