Solicitor – Litigation (Hybrid)

Essential Employment; England; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employment agency seeks a Solicitor for a hybrid role in Greater London. This position involves providing legal advice and conducting litigation related to housing management and landlord & tenant matters. The ideal candidate will have the appropriate Solicitor qualifications and experience managing various claims effectively. The role is full-time and temporary, with applications accepted via email or company website.

Qualifications

• Must be qualified as a Solicitor.
• Experience in housing management and landlord & tenant issues is essential.
• Ability to conduct litigation independently and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on housing management and landlord & tenant matters.
• Conduct litigation including various housing claims and injunctions.
• Assist with instructing external solicitors as needed.

Skills

Legal advice in housing management

Litigation skills

Knowledge of landlord and tenant law

Effective communication

Education

Solicitor qualification

Job description

Solicitor – Litigation (Hybrid) needed in Greater London, £45ph – PAYE – Reference: OR20400

2 days remote, 3 days in the office

• To provide legal advice and assistance routine/standard housing management and landlord & tenant matters and on more complex matters, with support as appropriate to your level of skill and experience from more senior or experienced team members.
• To include conducting efficient and effective litigation to include but not limited to, anti-social behaviour injunctions; anti-social behaviour possession claims; committal applications; tenancy fraud possession claims; access injunctions; housing disrepair claims; prosecutions under the Environmental Protection Act; applications to the Court of Protection and money claims, briefing Counsel and/or conducting advocacy where appropriate in order to protect the interests of Southern Housing and its Group partners.
• Dependant on your level of skill and experience, to provide or assist in the provision of advice on and conduct of other contentious matters with support as appropriate to your level of skill and experience from more senior or experienced team members. To include First Tier Tribunal cases; trespass/Right of Way/breach of Easement claims and other claims arising from contactor, Landlord and Leaseholder non-performance or breach of contract or lease terms.
• To assist with instructing external solicitors for matters that cannot be dealt with inhouse.
• To assist in developing the in-house legal provision to meet the needs of Southern Housing and its Group partners.
• To ensure that legal work is carried out in house where this is more cost effective including preparing and drafting all own pleadings on routine/standard matters and more complex matters, with support as appropriate to your level of skill and experience from more senior or experienced team members to include but not limited to, notices of seeking possession; claim forms; particulars of claim; defences; reply to defences; part 20 counterclaims; injunctions; committal applications, witness statements; case summaries; lists of issues; chronologies and trial bundles. Ensure communication between instructing officers and the legal team is effective and efficient.
• To assist in the development and to implement processes and procedures to ensure the efficient and effective provision of housing management and other litigation services and advice on landlord & tenant law including the provision of witness support in particular to those witnesses involved with anti-social behaviour cases which includes out of office hours visits to their homes, if required.

This is a full time role on a temporary basis.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to [e-mail] quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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