Paralegal

Hm-Revenue-; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

HM Revenue & Customs in Stratford-upon-Avon is seeking a Litigation Paralegal on a 4-month initial contract to support solicitors in the Litigation group within HMRC Legal. The role covers casework from commencement to hearing, with opportunities to draft notices, prepare bundles, and attend hearings.

The successful candidate will have a legal qualification, strong research skills, and experience in litigation, plus excellent IT skills and the ability to manage a varied workload with a

Qualifications

• You need: a legal qualification and strong legal research skills.
• Experience in Litigation.
• Well organised and able to manage a busy workload.
• Proactive and flexible.
• Strong IT skills (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Good self-awareness and openness to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Support lawyers with cases from start to Tribunal or Court.
• Draft and serve notices and applications.
• Draft case correspondence.
• Prepare chronologies.
• Identify documents and prepare bundles.
• Attend Tribunal hearings and assist on complex cases.
• Perform some administrative duties.

Skills

Legal research

Oral communication

Written communication

IT literacy

Proactive & flexible

Organisational skills

Education

Legal qualification

Tools

LexisNexis

Westlaw

Job description

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.