Legal Assistant/Paralegal (Disrepair)

Essential Employment; London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Legal Assistant/Paralegal for maternity cover in Lewisham. The role involves managing disrepair and housing cases in a hybrid work environment, requiring relevant knowledge and experience. Successful candidates will engage in legal meetings, draft essential documents, and maintain case logs.

Qualifications

• Experience in handling housing and disrepair cases preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of 40 disrepair and housing cases.
• Draft defences, witness statements, and application notices.
• Attend legal, income, and housing management meetings.

Skills

Knowledge of housing

Knowledge of disrepair

EPA prosecutions

Job description

Legal Assistant/Paralegal (Disrepair) needed in Lewisham, £26.10ph PAYE – Reference: RQ1535292

This is a maternity cover for the paralegal in the housing and disrepair team, with a duration of 6-12 months. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement: 2 days in the office and 3 days remote per week.

Ideally, candidates should have some knowledge of housing, disrepair, and EPA prosecutions.

The role will require the candidate to:

1. Manage a caseload of 40 mixed disrepair and housing cases, supervised by the Principal Lawyer/Senior Lawyer. Responsibilities include drafting defences, witness statements, application notices, settling claims, and dealing with costs issues.
2. Attend legal, income, and housing management meetings.
3. Maintain an accurate log of all existing and new housing and disrepair cases.
4. Arrange for the payment of external invoices.
5. Enter hearing dates into the Legal Housing Calendar.
6. Monitor the dedicated Legal Housing inbox (shared with the Legal Assistant) to handle inquiries related to cases and assist external solicitors, escalating matters when necessary.

This is a full-time, temporary role.

If interested, please apply on our website with your CV or email your CV to [e-mail], quoting the reference number.

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Due to high application volumes, we may not respond to all unsuccessful applicants, but you will be contacted by phone if your CV progresses to the next stage.

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