[ref. m78504820] Law Absolute - Senior Housing/Litigation Lawyer

LAW Absolute is recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority based in North London, for a senior housing/civil litigation lawyer on a permanent basis.

You will provide high level advice on a wide range of housing/civil litigation matters, and you will attend court, tribunals, or public inquiries as necessary, conducting high quality advocacy. The role will involve line management responsibility of staff at junior lawyer and/or paralegal level.

To apply you will:

• Be an England and Wales qualified lawyer, barrister or chartered legal executive
• Be able to demonstrate substantial experience handling a caseload of housing/civil litigation matters in a local government setting
• Be able to attend the office on a hybrid working basis of 2-3 days per week in the office

Essential experience:

• Attending court as an advocate, including all hearings up to trial
• Dealing with complex cases within housing/civil litigation
• Line management of junior staff

Please note you must have prior local government experience to apply for this role. Applicants without local government experience cannot be considered.

Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.

At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually.

If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained. LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.