Legal Assessors

Blake Morgan; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Blake Morgan is recruiting experienced legal assessors to provide advice to regulatory panels and assist with drafting their decisions. The role offers flexible commitment of about 120 days per year, with hearings held virtually or in person in London, Coventry and Wales.

You will support vulnerable parties and unrepresented individuals, ensuring data security and efficient use of MS Word templates. Applicants should have extensive experience as a legal assessor and hold or be eligible for a

Qualifications

• Experience as legal assessor to disciplinary/regulatory panels
• Proven ability to digest large quantities of material and identify issues
• Excellent people skills to support unrepresented and vulnerable parties including matters involving sexual misconduct
• Proficiency with MS Word templates
• Understanding of data security and secure data transmission
• Able to commit to 120 days per year in hearings
• Able to cover virtual/remote and in-person hearings in London, Coventry and Wales
• Eligibility for practising certificate or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Provide advice to regulatory panels and assist with drafting decisions
• Support hearings with legal analysis and issue identification
• Assist vulnerable and unrepresented parties during disciplinary proceedings
• Attend hearings both virtually and in-person as needed
• Ensure secure transmission and handling of sensitive information

Skills

Legal assessor

Regulatory law

Disciplinary hearings

Unrepresented parties support

MS Word templates

Data security

Hearing scheduling

Remote/virtual hearings

Time commitment management

Education

Ten-year general qualification (Courts and Legal Services Act 1990)

Advocate/Solicitor in Scotland (10+ years)

Bar of Northern Ireland / NI Court of Judicature (10+ years)

Tools

MS Word

Job description

Our Regulatory team is recruiting experienced legal assessors to provide advice to regulatory panels and support them with the drafting of their decisions.

We are recognised in both Chambers and Legal 500 as a highly regarded team specialising in advising professional regulators. Our clients include regulators in number of sectors including law, health and social care, accountancy and education.

Part of our work involves providing specialist legal assessor services to clients, supporting their disciplinary/regulatory panels during hearings with legal advice and drafting skills. Our legal assessors support complex hearings covering a range of allegations, including sexual misconduct. They are highly skilled at supporting vulnerable people and unrepresented parties.

We are seeking experienced legal assessors to join our team on a flexible basis. We are seeking people who can commit to 120 days’ each year (but please note we are unable to guarantee a particular number of days) .

Many of these hearings will be virtual / remote, but some will be in person at venues in London, Coventry and/or Wales. Standard travel and accommodation costs will be met as necessary.

This work may fit alongside other work as part of a portfolio practice.

For this role, IT skills are essential, along with the ability to work efficiently and identify issues quickly.

Skills / Experience Required

• Experience of acting as a legal assessor (legal advisor) to disciplinary / regulatory panels
  
• Excellent knowledge of the law relevant to professional disciplinary / regulatory panels
• Proven ability to digest large quantities of material and identify the issues in the case
• Excellent people skills, including the ability and experience to support unrepresented parties and vulnerable people (including people complaining of sexual misconduct towards them)
• IT literate, with a proven ability to use MS Word template documents efficiently and effectively
• Strong understanding of the importance of data security and ability to use data security tools to ensure secure transmission of data
• Ability to commit to 120 days in hearings each year (but please note that there is no guarantee of any particular number of days’ work)
• Ability to cover virtual/remote and in-person hearings in London, Coventry and Wales
• Responsive to communication from clients and the Blake Morgan team
• Eligible for a practising certificate and either:
• Holder of a 10-year general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); or
• An advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years’ standing; or
• A member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years’ standing

The interview process will start as soon as suitable candidates have been identified.

Blake Morgan strives to create and maintain a positive, non-discriminatory work environment. We will ensure that all applications for vacancies will be considered without discrimination against any person on the basis of race, colour, religion, disability, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age or marital status. We strive to ensure that our shortlisting and interviewing panels are diverse. Further details about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion can be found here .