Lawyer (Litigation)

Cornwall Council Jobs and Careers; Truro; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Annual leave

Job summary

Cornwall Council Jobs and Careers seeks a Litigation Lawyer to join its Regulatory and Litigation Team on a permanent basis. You will be qualified or highly experienced, handling civil and regulatory matters with support from a dedicated Legal Service.

You will work flexibly, including hybrid arrangements with office presence as required at New County Hall, Truro, and you will develop advocacy skills across courts and tribunals while delivering timely, effective advice.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication, able to work under pressure and to strict timescales.
• Adaptable, flexible, collaborative team player.
• Opportunity to develop advocacy skills across courts and tribunals.

Responsibilities

• Advise on wide range of civil matters including Judicial Review, contracts, debt and boundaries.
• Develop advocacy experience in hearings and tribunals.
• Provide civil and regulatory advice and representation for clients.

Skills

Civil litigation

Advocacy

Legal research

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Qualified solicitor/barrister

Tools

Oracle

Job description

Litigation Lawyer

The Role:

This is an exciting opening for the right candidate to join our specialist, small but busy Regulatory and Litigation Team on a permanent basis. You will be qualified as a solicitor, barrister, FCILEx or someone with significant relevant experience on the matters falling within the remit of the team. You will have transferable skills from previous experience which you will demonstrate in your application. We are a supportive and dynamic team, committed to securing positive outcomes for our customers and working alongside our dedicated colleagues across the wider organisation and group of companies.

Cornwall Council is a large and ambitious Unitary Authority, supported by an experienced and welcoming Legal Service that has a crucial role in providing specialist legal advice to all sectors of the Council, as well as some external organisations.

You will have the ability to work flexibly and from home, but with office-based working as required. Your main office location will be New County Hall, Truro.

What you'll need to succeed:

You will have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to work under pressure and to strict timescales. You will be adaptable, flexible and ready to work collaboratively as part of an experienced team of specialist colleagues, giving advice on all aspects of civil work. You will have the opportunity to develop your advocacy skills in a range of courts and tribunals and at a variety of hearings. You will be enthusiastic about learning new skills and new areas connected to this area of work.

You should expect a varied and challenging caseload of civil matters. You will have the opportunity to advise on a wide range of issues and develop your own advocacy experience in matters including:

• Judicial Review
• Burials
• General civil litigation
• Contract disputes
• Debt recovery
• Boundary disputes
• Injunctions
• Mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution including drafting settlement agreements
• Inquest advice and representation
• Enforcement of civil and regulatory Trading standards
• Health and safety
• Trespasser evictions (including advice on gypsies and travellers, wild campers etc)
• Fire safety
• Housing, including possessions and homelessness
• Housing disrepair and dilapidations
• Landlord and tenant disputes
• Building control
• Anti-social behaviour
• Negligence and nuisance

This is a varied and interesting role working with a very friendly but busy Service. Don’t worry if you don’t have local government experience as we’ll give you the support you need to develop and learn that area.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship or transfer of sponsorship for this role

The full role profile is attached here - Lawyer Role Profile

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.