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Job Posted: 11 days ago
Salary: £ 30.14 - 38.68 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: Islington, Greater London
Expire in: 16 days
Job Description
Legal Services Manager (Litigation
Clerkenwell
Contract
£30.14 per hour PAYE or £38.68 per hour limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35
Our client is looking for an experienced Legal Services Manager (Litigation
This is one of many opportunities we are currently recruiting for please visit our website colbernlimited co uk for more jobs.
To provide high quality legal advice on litigation related matters in particular housing management and landlord & tenant contentious matters to Southern Housing and its Group partners. To draft legal proceedings, witness statements and pleadings as instructed and carry out advocacy (excluding trials) as required across all Southern Housing regions. To prepare and provide effective training as required on a variety of housing law issues to colleagues. Be a single point of excellence for one of 4 main areas of focus for this side of the team: Disrepair; Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB); leaseholder disputes and tenancy compliance.
You’ll be based at one of our main offices in either Farringdon, Croydon, Isle of Wight, Maidstone or Sittingbourne, with the option for working in a hybrid way when appropriate and as agreed with your manager
To provide legal advice and assistance housing management and landlord & tenant matters. 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 partners.
• To assist and provide advice on other contentious matters.
• 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 partners.
• To ensure that legal work is carried out in house where this is more cost effective including preparing and drafting all own pleadings 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 develop and 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.
• To comply with the approved processes and procedures, including maintaining data records and registers as required by the Director of Legal Services. Ensure sound data management, both in case management and in passing on key data to other departments in a timely fashion.
• To keep up to date with the constitutional, legal and regulatory framework within which Housing Associations operate. This also includes keeping up to date records in accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s continuing competence requirements. To ensure that such knowledge is shared to encourage a knowledgeable and compliance focused culture.
• To support the junior legal team members and volunteers and provide general assistance to the legal team
Knowledge & experience Essential
• Qualified solicitor barrister or Chartered Legal Executive. Desirable
• Experience of undertaking housing management litigation casework, particularly for housing associations or other public sector bodies.
• Experience of conducting litigation including advocacy.
• Experience of providing training to other lawyers and clients on housing law and litigation • A thorough understanding of legal processes, Housing and Landlord & Tenant law Experience and understanding of cultural change management within a complex environment
• Experience of developing and implementing processes and procedures within housing management litigation or contentious property legal work
• Experience of developing talent and supporting and up-skilling junior staff
• Experience of conducting and advising on complex contentious litigation Skills
• Excellent IT skills in particular Microsoft Office suite and Outlook.
• Ability to present information in a variety of forms to a high standard, including excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent legal drafting skills Abilities
• The post holder will be party to highly confidential and sensitive data and the ability to maintain confidentiality is of the utmost importance.
• Conveys confidence in own ability, decisions and actions and takes personal responsibility for the consequence
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