Commercial Property Locum
- Recruiter
- Venn Group (Leeds)
- Location
- Surrey
- Salary
- £40 - 45 per hour
- Posted
- 19 Feb 2021
- Closes
- 19 Mar 2021
- Ref
- 7026490
- Contact
- North - Legal (Sophie Anderson)
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Practice Area
- Commercial Property, Property Litigation, Public Sector / Local Authority
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Venn Group are looking to recruit an experienced Lawyer to join a successful in-house property legal team on a 3 month contract (with possible extension) within a Local Authority
Duties:
- Deal with a caseload of mainly commercial property matters including some complex matters
- Provide assistance to one of the Senior Lawyers with title due diligence and registration matters in respect of some major projects for the Council
- Provide timely, clear and effective legal advice, representation and assistance to the Council in order to enable the Council to discharge their functions lawfully and effectively
- Undertake advocacy where required
- Provide expert legal advice to the County Council, its members, officers and committees
- Support the Monitoring Officer in respect of their duty to advise the Council of any illegality or procedural default to enable the matter to be investigated
- Contribute to the training of staff within the Council to ensure that they are kept up to date with the law and emerging issues
- Recent legal experience, either in-house or in private practice is essential
If you are interested in this position please send an updated version of your CV to and we will call you back to discuss this opportunity.