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About the Role
Provide comprehensive legal and administrative support to the Housing Litigation Team, assisting in the management of housing-related legal matters. The role focuses on reducing case backlogs, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring effective case progression.
Responsibilities
- Manage a personal caseload of housing litigation matters, including rent arrears and warrant application cases.
- Progress cases efficiently to support the reduction of existing backlogs and ensure compliance with court deadlines.
- Maintain accurate case management records, trackers, databases, and spreadsheets.
- Draft routine correspondence, legal documents, witness statements, notices, and court forms.
- Issue proceedings and applications through the courts and relevant online systems.
- Prepare, organise, and manage legal bundles, disclosure documents, and case files.
- Support solicitors and fee earners with disrepair, tenancy management, possession, nuisance, and unauthorised occupant cases.
- Liaise with clients, tenants, external legal representatives, counsel, courts, and other stakeholders.
- Arrange and instruct Counsel where appropriate, including booking hearings and preparing instructions.
- Process invoices and assist with financial administration relating to legal matters.
- Conduct legal research and gather information to support case preparation.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, court procedures, and organisational policies.
- Assist with the continuous improvement of working practices and case management processes within the Housing Litigation Team.
Requirements
- Experience working as a Paralegal, Legal Assistant, Litigation Assistant, or within a legal support environment.
- Experience of housing litigation, rent arrears recovery, possession proceedings, or social housing matters.
- Understanding of court procedures and civil litigation processes.
- Experience managing a busy caseload and working to strict deadlines.
- Ability to draft routine legal documents and correspondence accurately.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience maintaining case management systems, trackers, and spreadsheets.
- Ability to work effectively within a team and support multiple fee earners.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Housing litigation
- Rent arrears recovery
- Possession proceedings
- Social housing matters
- Court procedures
- Civil litigation processes
- Legal document drafting
- Correspondence drafting
- Case management systems
- Trackers
- Spreadsheets
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Legal research
- Financial administration
Location
- Lb of Lambeth
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Office-Based
- Contract
Experience Level
- 3 Month Contract
Education Level
- CILEX qualified or working towards a recognised legal qualification (preferred)
About the Company
- Local Authority