Legal Assistant - North London

Morgan Hunt UK Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in North London is seeking a Legal Assistant for a temporary contract. The role involves analyzing leases to ensure accurate data on lease terms and collaborating with project teams to maintain compliance. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a background in working with lease agreements. This position offers a hybrid working model with at least two days in the office weekly.

Qualifications

• No specific legal qualifications are required but relevant experience with lease agreements is essential.
• Ability to demonstrate good judgement and discretion while identifying risks.

Responsibilities

• Analyse leases to ensure accurate data on lease terms.
• Conduct detailed reviews of leases for key information extraction.
• Log findings in a spreadsheet, maintaining formatting and version control.
• Identify discrepancies and escalate to the Project Lead.
• Ensure compliance with legal and organizational standards.

Skills

Good spoken and written English

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong organisational skills

Attention to detail

Proficiency using legal databases

Legal drafting skills

Familiar with residential leases

Good research skills

Ability to work independently

Proven ability to exercise good judgement

Tools

MS Office suite

Job description

Morgan Hunt currently require a Legal Assistant for Housing Trust based in North London on a Temporary basis.

Pay Rate: £26.96ph Ltd

Hours: 35 hrs Mon to Fri - 9am and 17.00pm - Hybrid, minimum 2 days in the office and 3 days from home

Location: North London

Duration: 3 month on going contract

About the Role

You will work within a project team to analyse leases to ensure the organisation has accurate and reliable data on lease terms and service charge apportionments.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure compliance with existing lease provisions and identify and escalat[e] risk when appropriate.

You will assist the project team and provide administrative support when needed to ensure that resources are deployed in accordance with business need.

Duties

• Obtain lease agreements and related documents from the Land Registry, ensuring completeness and accuracy against internal records.
• Conduct detailed reviews of leases to extract key information, including service charges apportionment clauses, maintenance obligations, and any variations impacting cost allocation.
• Identify and escalat[e] discrepancies to the Project Lead.
• Analyse extracted data to determine correct service charge apportionment and accurately log findings in a joint spreadsheet, maintaining consistent formatting, categorisation, version control and audit trails for all updates.
• Identify and review additional leases based on initial findings and set criteria, applying risk‑based prioritisation to address anomalies or complex cases promptly and ensure comprehensive coverage.
• Ensure all activities comply with legal, regulatory and organisational standards.

Skills & Experience

• Good spoken and written English.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proficiency using legal databases and MS Office suite.
• Legal drafting skills.
• Familiar with residential leases and service charge apportionments.
• Good research skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proven ability to exercise good judgement and discretion including identifying and flagging risk.
• No specific legal qualifications are required but you must be able to demonstrate relevant experience of working with and analysing lease agreements.

Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer; job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.