Planning & Environmental Solicitor/ Barrister NQ – 1 & 4+ years’ PQE/ Call BRISTOL
- Recruiter
- Farrar Levin Legal Recruitment
- Location
- Bristol (City Centre), City of Bristol
- Salary
- £67,000
- Posted
- 13 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 11 Oct 2018
- Ref
- NL003489
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Practice Area
- Planning / Environment, Property and Planning
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Directories-listed Planning & Environmental team in Bristol requires two solicitors &/or barristers of NQ to 1 and 4 or more years’ PQE/ Call. The Planning and Environment team carries out a full range of Planning services along with some non-contentious Environmental work is also undertaken together with highways and drainage matters. You will provide primarily Planning advice to a broad range of clients including national housebuilders, registered providers and other developers, local authorities, financial institutions, retail and leisure operators and private clients, either directly or as a consultancy service to other parts of the firm. You will also supply non-contentious Environmental advice relating to Commercial Real Estate transactions and some corporate support, as well as advising on a range of topics including; enforcement, listed buildings, compulsory purchase and compensation. Other aspects of the role includes: • drafting and negotiating agreements and other documentation • Preparing planning applications, applications for certificates of lawfulness, letters of objection, witness statements and statutory declarations • Attending inquiries and hearings.
Qualified solicitors must currently specialise in Planning and/ or Environmental law and newly-qualified solicitors must have undertaken a seat in Planning and/ or Environmental law. Barristers must at least have some experience of undertaking cases which have involved Planning and/ or Environmental law.