Principal Regulatory Disputes Associate

LGBT Great; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Capsticks is recruiting a Senior Associate/Principal Associate to join our Birmingham, Exeter, Leeds, London, Manchester or Winchester office to help grow our professional discipline practice. You will manage investigatory cases where a registrant's fitness to practise is alleged to be impaired and prepare cases for hearings before regulator panels.

The role involves handling a varied, challenging caseload across health and regulation, with substantial interaction with regulators and multiple

Responsibilities

• Prepare the case plan at the outset of the case; Prepare advice on procedural or evidential issues; Correspond with the defence
• Ensure that all factual evidence required to prove the allegations is obtained
• Are the key point of contact for all witnesses
• Interview key witnesses in complex cases or if the witness deals with novel or sensitive issues or is a vulnerable witness
• Supervise witness statements taken by paralegals
• Instruct experts and identify if any amendments are necessary to the expert report; Prepare instructions to counsel; Attend conferences with counsel
• Ensure that all action points following the conference are completed
• Either draft the charge or review the draft charge against the evidence; Carry out disclosure of unused material
• Liaise with the defence in the run up to the hearing
• Supervise the preparation of the hearing bundle by the paralegal
• Attend hearing at outset only, unless there are legal issues or problems with the case; Seek instructions from the client on any issues that arise in the course of the hearing; Prepare final reports at the conclusion of a case; and
• Present cases to Practice Committees/Interim Orders Committees
• This list is not exhaustive and there may be other duties as reasonably required.

Job description

Capsticks is recruiting a Senior Associate/Principal Associate to join our Birmingham, Exeter, Leeds, London, Manchester or Winchester office to help grow our professional discipline practice. You will manage investigatory cases where a registrant's fitness to practise is alleged to be impaired and prepare cases for hearings before regulator panels.

The role involves handling a varied, challenging caseload across health and regulation, with substantial interaction with regulators and multiple