Housing Repair Breach Handler (Grade C)

Driscoll Kingston & Co Limited; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay and conditions

Pension

Health and Wellbeing

Learning and Development

Financial Wellbeing & Recognition

Job summary

Driscoll Kingston & Co Limited is seeking a Housing Repair Breach Handler to support a fast-paced housing breach team. You will review cases, draft proceedings and witness statements, and liaise with clients, landlords and solicitors. Strong CPR knowledge and empathy for social housing tenants are essential.

The role offers a supportive training environment with long-term career opportunities within a leading law firm that values development and client service excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience with legal case review and breach actions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, landlords and solicitors.
• Understanding of social housing tenancy contexts.

Responsibilities

• Review cases to ascertain whether further legal breach action is appropriate.
• Drafting Proceedings and Applications
• Drafting Witness statements
• Good Knowledge of CPR
• Dealing with Social Housing Tenants
• Drafting Application and Part 8 proceedings
• Send routine correspondence to Clients, landlords and Solicitors.
• Liaising with experts, counsel.
• Preparation of Court hearing bundles

Skills

Excel knowledge

Strong written verbal communication

Empathy for Social Landlord tenants

Willingness to learn

Job description

Driscoll Kingston & Co. are currently looking for a Housing Repair Breach Handler to join our vibrant and fast-paced Housing Repair Breach team.

A housing repair breach claimoccurs when a landlord fails to fulfil a previously agreed-upon or legally mandated repair obligation, even after a housing disrepair claim has been initiated.This can happen if repairs were agreed upon in a settlement agreement or court order but were not completed within the stipulated timeframe or to the agreed standard.

Main Responsibilities:

• Review cases to ascertain whether further legal breach action is appropriate.
• Drafting Proceedings and Applications
• Drafting Witness statements
• Good Knowledge of CPR
• Dealing with Social Housing Tenants
• Drafting Application and Part 8 proceedings
• Send routine correspondence to Clients, landlords and Solicitors.
• Liaising with experts, counsel.
• Preparation of Court hearing bundles
  

Skills

• Excel knowledge
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Empathy clients who are for Social Landlord tenants
• Willingness to learn and develop
  

A fantastic benefits package is on offer including:

• Pay and conditions
• Pension
• Health and Wellbeing
• Learning and Development
• Financial Wellbeing & Recognition
  

You will be working for a fantastic law firm that prides itself on supporting and training all team members and offers long term career opportunities.