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Temporary Civil Litigation Lawyer
Reference no: Devon 5257238
Pay Rate: £43.12 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, 08:00 - 17:00
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: EXETER
Rate is negotiable for the right candidates – please state pay expectation clearly on your CV
Remote working
An experienced civil litigation lawyer to assist our busy team with a varied caseload including property litigation, highways and general civil litigation (including debt recovery and judicial review proceedings). There will be an expectation of some supervision to junior members of the team.
Candidates with previous Local Government experience will be essential as this is a fast paced role and will require the successful candidate to take on an immediate and complex caseload.
Key responsibilities:
Oversee and manage a caseload in an area of law allocated.
Respond to requests for advice, representation etc, from the Council employees.
Manage all aspects of court representation as required.
Advise and/or present to courts, meetings, members at formal appeal hearings or as required by the County Solicitor
Assume a lead role in advising clients on specialist aspects of law and practice as required and to organise/participate in training events as appropriate and/or necessary.
Determine appeals under the Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure of the Local Government Pension Scheme and various internal appeal procedures if required.
Take part in the Legal Services’ Out of Hours service to provide assistance
Any other duties appropriate to the grade as may be assigned by one of the Legal Service managers.
Qualifications:
Educated to degree level;
Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister
Knowledge:
A thorough knowledge of that area of law, good advocacy skills and considerable experience in case management is essential along with demonstrable experience of working in a particular field
Experience:
Adequate experience of managing own workload
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent communication and presentational skills both verbal and written including influencing and persuasion;
Excellent ICT skills and a degree of administrative self-sufficiency although some secretarial support will be provided.
Ability to absorb and interpret legislation, case law and procedures;
Ability to assimilate facts and present these in a coherent fashion in order to facilitate desired results. It is important to note the impact of incorrect advice and poor advocacy could be financially very significant
Ability to assimilate detailed and complex information and make judgments on the way that certain procedures have been followed
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.
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 directly 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: Devon 5257238
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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