Housing Solicitor
Blackbird Solicitors Ltd
Housing Solicitor
Salary Not Specified
Blackbird Solicitors Ltd, Milton Keynes
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 3 weeks ago, 10 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: c00a0a16d1324e21b91f2ef138c748aa
Full Job Description
To undertake casework independently to adequate standards of accuracy and efficiency to the status of the legal aid supervisor standard of the Housing, Debt & Welfare Benefit Law Department and to supervise work done by all staff within the Housing & Debt Law Department.
Housing Law: experience of defending possession proceedings, eviction
cases, anti-social behaviour injunction cases, unlawful evictions, housing disrepair, homelessness, and judicial reviews.
Key Tasks
1. Conduct of matters on behalf of clients.
2. Maintaining attendance notes and breakdown
3. Maintaining worksheet.
4. Prioritising and managing specific tasks.
5. Applying for extensions of financial limit for each file as necessary.
6. Meeting casework and billing targets.
7. Meeting new client introduction target.
8. Meeting deadlines and targets on specific tasks.
9. Ability to undertake heavy workload
10. Ability to work in high pressure environment.
11. Updating themselves and other staff of new developments in Housing & Debt Law and all other relevant areas of law.
12. Attending training course as requested and training other staff accordingly.
13. Telephone and administrative tasks when required.
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING
A solicitor specializing in Housing, Welfare Benefit & Debt with a and good educational background.