Paralegal

HMRC; London Borough of Newham; Sur place; GBP 24 000 - 32 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

HMRC invites applications for a Litigation Paralegal in HMRC’s Solicitor’s Office and Legal Services, based at Stratford Regional Centre. This is a 4-month initial contract running up to 31 March 2027.

The role supports lawyers across varied litigation matters, from case initiation to hearing and conclusion in Tribunal or Court. The successful candidate will hold a legal qualification and demonstrate strong legal research skills, with familiarity with LexisNexis and Westlaw.

Qualifications

• Legal qualification required and strong legal research skills.
• Experience in Litigation.
• Must be well organised and able to manage a busy workload.
• Proactive and flexible attitude.
• Able to perform routine admin tasks.
• Excellent IT skills (Word/Excel/Outlook).
• Good self-awareness and willingness to learn from feedback.

Responsabilités

• Support lawyers with cases from commencement through to Tribunal/Court hearing and conclusion.
• Draft and serve notices and applications to be served on the Tribunal.
• Draft case correspondence and prepare chronologies.
• Identify relevant documents and prepare bundles.
• Attend Tribunal hearings and assist with complex cases.

Connaissances

Legal qualification

Legal research

Litigation experience

Organisational skills

Proactive & flexible

Administrative tasks

IT skills (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Outils

LexisNexis

Westlaw

Description du poste

We have an opportunity for a Litigation Paralegal in HMRC’s Solicitor’s Office and Legal Services based in our Stratford Regional Centre.

4 month initial contract – up to 31/03/27

The Office is an integral part of HMRC. It is headed by the General Counsel and Solicitor, Alan Evans, and includes approximately 350 lawyers who advise on legal issues arising from HMRC’s policy and operational work and conduct the Department’s litigation. Our legal work is high quality and covers a broad range of subjects. In addition to tax, our advice covers public law issues for HMRC, including human rights, administrative law, freedom of information, criminal law, benefits and credits and commercial law. Our lawyers work in specialist teams handling specific areas of work. Each team tends to focus on either advisory work or litigation and the opportunities available in this trawl are for Litigation. Our paralegals are an integral source of support for our lawyers.

We are looking for intellectually capable, highly motivated self-starting people with excellent oral and written communication skills.

You need:

• a legal qualification and strong legal research skills, ideally with a good working knowledge of legal databases such as LexisNexis and Westlaw.
• previous Litigation experience.
• to be very well organised and able to manage a busy and varied workload.
• to be proactive and flexible.
• to be able to do several routine admin tasks (see more information above).
• excellent IT skills (word/excel/outlook).
• to have good self-awareness and a commitment to using feedback to learn and develop.

Job description

HMRC paralegals work in varied and challenging teams in HMRC Legal Group. These posts are within HMRC Legal Group, Litigation Paralegal Support.

The Paralegal Support Teams:

• Work a range of litigation.
• Work to and comply with Tribunal/Court Directions.
• Support lawyers with more complex litigation.

As a paralegal, you will have responsibility for supporting lawyers dealing with cases from commencement of proceedings through to hearing and conclusion at Tribunal or Court.

The successful applicants will be responsible for delivering casework, the duties can vary but will include supporting Lawyers with the following:

• Draft and serve notices and applications to be served on the Tribunal.
• Draft and send case correspondence.
• Prepare chronologies.
• Identify relevant documents and produce bundles.
• Attend Tribunal hearings.
• Draft statement of case and other key documents.
• Provide legal support to experienced senior colleagues on complex cases.
• Some administrative duties.

There is also an expectation for you to quickly grasp the specialist processes that are key to the delivery of work in the area to which you are appointed.