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Legal Assistant – Litigation/Commercial & Contracts/Safeguarding | R-2488 at tower Hamlets
London, United Kingdom
Job Descrption
Legal Assistant – Litigation/Commercial & Contracts/Safeguarding
Are you the Legal Assistant we’re looking for?
We are looking for a Legal Assistant in the Litigation team
Tower Hamlets is the youngest and fastest-growing borough in London and as part of the Borough’s legal team you will be right in the heart of it.
This is a permanent job, full time (35 hours per week).
If you’re an experienced and highly motivated legal professional looking for a fantastic opportunity to join our team, then we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
You will be supporting a very busy Litigation Team, reporting to the Principal Lawyer - Litigation. Your support work will include assisting in a variety of civil litigation matters which are dealt with by the team including possession proceedings, disrepair, judicial review claims, parking enforcement, breaches of lease terms and anti-social behaviour matters. Your role will include assisting in the preparation of applications for gas... access warrants in the Magistrates’ Court, preparation of bundles, drafting applications and other documentation. You may be required to undertake advocacy in the Magistrates’ Court for gas warrants and similar matters.
Requirements:
• Experience of the processing of fee notes and dealing with chambers will be an advantage.
• The ability to work flexibly and at pace.
• You will have passed the Legal Practice Course or SQE1.
If other Legal Assistant posts become available in other teams within six months, your application may be considered for these posts.
Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.
Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.
We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.
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Legal Assistant – Litigation/Commercial & Contracts/Safeguarding | R-2488 at tower Hamlets
London, United Kingdom