Senior Solicitor - Full Time
16 hours ago
Warwick
Senior Solicitor Permanent Full time Salary £56,073.00 - 59,688.00 Job Purpose: To provide legal advice and representation to Warwickshire Police officers and staff on a range of matters, including litigation and advocacy. You will be responsible for conduct of a range of legal matters, which include • Civil litigation, predominantly defending claims against the police, • Civil disclosure, • To provide timely and comprehensive legal advice across a wide range of practice areas including civil litigation and operational matters., • Management of own caseload and court commitments., • To support and represent the Force at legal hearings including Magistrates, Crown and County Courts (and other Tribunals as required)., • To attend meetings as required, whilst promoting productive working relationships with other teams and departments and outside stakeholders, including external agencies, courts and tribunals and other partners., • To ensure both yourself and the wider team comply with the In-House Claims Handling Agreement in place with the insurers on civil claims, to specifically ensure reserves and notifications are up to date and accurate and to play a key role in insurance audits to maintain a positive relationship with the insurers., • To maintain the necessary standards of professional behaviour under the Police Code of Ethics and the SRA/Bar Council and maintaining Continuing Professional Development. The duties of this post : • Have been designated as ‘Politically Sensitive’ under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended)., • Requires travel across the force area and to court, as required., • May include some exposure to disturbing/unpleasant images or tasks Knowledge: Essential • Qualified solicitor with practising certificate for England and Wales or Barrister, with at least 5 years post qualification experience ., • Law Degree, • Rights of Audience, • Knowledge of a range of legal disciplines to include –, • Civil litigation: including significant knowledge and experience in the conduct and management of public liability claims (claims for unlawful arrest and false imprisonment, assault/battery, malicious prosecution, misfeasance, data breach, Human Rights and so on), and of the Civil Procedure Rules., • General litigation, • Civil Preventative Orders (e.g. SHPO, SRO, Closure Orders, Stalking Protection Orders), • Some criminal law,, • Information Management, • Police Conduct Regulations, • Significant experience of advising on a wide range of legal matters;, • Demonstrable experience of advocacy skills, • Experience of problem solving;, • Exceptional communication and influencing/negotiating skills, including strong advocacy and presentation skills;, • Able to deal with conflict to reach a satisfactory resolution while maintaining strong working relationships, • Ability to work calmly and professionally under pressure and to tight deadlines, demonstrating a flexible and agile approach;, • Ability to use own initiative and work largely unsupervised;, • Excellent problem solving and decision making skills and demonstrable professional judgement:, • Ability to mentor and develop others within the team, • Competent in the use of IT including Microsoft packages