Principal Lawyer – Criminal Litigation and Regulatory Team

London, England, United Kingdom

12/9/2024

Overview

HB Public Law, one of the country’s leading shared local authority legal practices, has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic lawyer to lead our expanding Criminal Litigation and Regulatory Team.

HB Public Law is an innovative and ambitious Lexcel accredited legal practice serving four local authority clients, schools and other public bodies in London and the home counties.

This is an exceptional opportunity for you to play a key role in shaping the redesigned Criminal Litigation and Regulatory Team, helping to expand it in size and take on new work areas. The role offers varied, high quality work, with supportive colleagues who are dedicated to public service and making a difference in local communities. The successful candidate will be expected to build a high performance culture within the team and play an important role in supporting career progression and developing public sector lawyers of the future.

About You

The successful candidate will have experience of local authority prosecution and other regulatory work, and be passionate about leading the team to achieve positive outcomes. You will be expected to personally undertake matters of a more complex nature, with political awareness and sensitivity as required. You will lead the team on matters including:

• Advising on and prosecuting regulatory and fraud offences, including appeals and judicial review
• Advising on licensing matters, including advising elected members at committee meetings, defending statutory appeals and advising on enforcement
• Advice to tackle anti-social behaviour and community tensions, such as the use of Public Spaces Protection Orders and other community orders
• Policy advice, including attending formal member meetings, on regulatory matters
• Other regulatory litigation work, commensurate with the skills of the team, including court and tribunal advocacy
  
  

You will also be expected to lead client liaison arrangements and foster excellent working relationships amongst the team and between clients and lawyers. Supporting the wider development of HB Public Law alongside other Principal Lawyers is also part of the role.

Although the legal practice works in a hybrid fashion, and so daily office attendance is not expected, you will be expected to work from our Harrow office at least one to two days per week, and/or at client offices and court when required.

Related Documents

Please use this link for the Selection Criteria/Role Profile to submit your C.V. and covering letter (which should confirm how you meet the criteria required). The closing date is Thursday 2nd January 2025.

If you would like a confidential conversation about the opportunity prior to applying, please discuss with Paresh Mehta on 07468 707861