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Temporary Legal Assistant – Legal Reference no: Brent 5230403 Pay Rate: £17.48 per hour PAYE This opening assignment is for 3 months Hybrid Working - Tuesdays are required in the office. A Legal Assistant is required for the Commercial Litigation team to assist the debt recovery team in securing repayment of unpaid debt from a range of departments across the organisation. Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for a caseload of Debt Recovery matters as well as attending Court for certain hearings. The post holder to prepare such cases for hearing subject to supervision
• Assist the Lawyer and Senior Lawyer in the preparation of debt recovery cases including drafting settlement agreements, witness statements, preparing brief to counsel and applications to the County Court and Court of Protection
• Conducting searches of the Probate registry, Land Registry, Office of the Public Guardian. Placing and removing charges against debtor’s property
• Attend court as advocate in straightforward applications before the District Judges e.g. charging orders
• Prepare bundles for court hearings in accordance with Practice Directions issued from time to time
• Take notes at hearings and conferences with Counsel
• Participate fully in the Debt Recovery Team and to assist and support the lawyers and any other member of the team as required
• Attend to the post holders own day to day administrative work and maintain appropriate records
• Keep up to date with new and proposed legislation, new cases, and other developments and to review and give basic advice as required
• Keep the Senior Lawyer and Lawyer informed of any important issues arising which may affect the satisfactory progress of the cases
• Carry out duties with due regard to the Customer Care, Equal Opportunities, Information Governance, Data Protection and Health and Safety policies and procedures
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the general level of responsibility of this post

“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria: Qualifications:

• Law Degree or equivalent experience of working in a legal environment

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the law and practice relating to Probate, Community Care Fees (Care Act 2014 and previous legislation), Debt Recovery in general (essential)
• Knowledge in an area of debt recovery such as Housing Benefit Overpayments, Council Tax Arrears or Sundry Debts from a Local Authority point of view (desirable)

Experience:

• At least 1 year experience of running a moderate personal case load which involved filing, preparing documents and using IT systems as well as
• At least 1 year experience of handling probate or debt recovery matters or other similar case processing work

Skills and Abilities:

• Good presentation skills, including the ability to communicate clearly and concisely in writing and orally
• Ability to provide services in a manner which is consistent with the equal opportunities policies
• Accurate data entry skills
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to prepare cases for hearings and to process a caseload of debt-related work
• Ability to undertake routine litigation
• Ability to prepare cases for hearings
• Ability to undertake advocacy in routine cases
• Ability to analyse information, evaluate evidence, solve problems and present solutions at an appropriate level
• Ability to provide advice and present arguments in a confident, articulate and persuasive manner
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relations with clients
• Highly proficient in MS Word, Outlook and Excel as well as case management and time recording software

NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via [email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. SEE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS AD. If you have previously applied to one of our vacancies and have already sent the required supporting documentation to us, please make this clear when you re-apply as this will help speed up your application. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items: Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:JE If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via [email protected] but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below:

Job Ref: Brent 5230403

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates. We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed. Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.