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Regulatory Barrister

Employer
Grist Legal Recruitment
Location
Leeds
Salary
£60k - 65k per year
Closing date
23 Oct 2020
Reference
JO0000021392

Job Details

Regulatory Barrister A leading UK Regulatory team has an opportunity for a qualified Barrister to join one of the countries finest law firms based in Leeds. The Firm A leading law firm with a flexible and agile approach working on a national basis with many of the countries regulatory bodies. The Role A top ranked professional discipline team work with regulatory bodies, primarily in the health sector but, increasingly, more widely across a number of professional disciplines. The work largely involves presenting cases but also requires managing an investigatory caseload where it is alleged that the registrant's fitness to practise is impaired through misconduct, competence or health issues and preparing those cases for hearings before panels and committees of the relevant regulators. Advocacy typically involves interim and substantive hearings. This includes shorter more straightforward hearings as well as more complex cases such as sexual misconduct, dishonesty allegations/ fraud and serious instances of deficient professional performance. Hearings are usually contested and in the majority of cases the registrants are represented, most often by counsel. It is likely that there will also be opportunities to appear in the High Court and the First Tier Tribunal on appeals from decisions of the regulators. Depending on experience, there are likely to be other advocacy opportunities arising from other aspects of the department's work. The Candidate A qualified Barrister with at least 2+ year's call, ideally, with previous experience in the field of regulation and professional discipline is strongly preferred, it is not essential. Experience or the ability to supervise more junior lawyers is essential. This is a great opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic and expanding team in a market leading firm with the opportunity to influence and shape the ways the dispute advocacy service evolves moving forwards. Salary to dependent upon experience.

Company

Grist Legal Recruitment was established in 2002. Our legal recruitment consultancy specialises in the placement of Partners, Solicitors, Legal Executives, Paralegals, Secretaries and support staff.This focus on legal recruitment, together with a comprehensive offering in the selection, recruitment and development processes enables us to provide a high-quality service to client and candidate alike

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
023 8086 6066
Location
Enterprise House
Ocean Village Marina
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3XB
GB

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