Senior Lawyer

at  Cornwall Council

THE SERVICE & TEAM:

Cornwall Council is a large and ambitious Unitary Authority, supported by an experienced and welcoming Legal Service that has a crucial role in providing specialist legal advice to all sectors of the Council, as well as some external organisations.

You should expect a varied and challenging caseload spanning both civil and criminal matters. You will have the opportunity to advise on a wide range of issues and develop your own advocacy experience in matters including:

• Judicial Review
• Burials
• General civil litigation
• Contract disputes
• Debt recovery
• Boundary disputes
• Injunctions
• Mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution including drafting settlement agreements
• Inquest advice and representation
• Enforcement of civil and regulatory Trading standards
• Health and safety
• Animal welfare
• Food hygiene
• Fraud
• Consumer protection
• Education welfare (including applications for Supervision Orders)
• Trespasser evictions (including advice on gypsies and travellers, wild campers etc)
• Fire safety
• Housing, including related offences, possessions and homelessness
• Housing disrepair and dilapidations
• Landlord and tenant disputes
• Building control
• Anti-social behaviour
• Negligence and nuisance
• Order

This is an exciting opening for the right candidate to join our specialist, small but busy regulatory and litigation Team on a permanent basis.
You will have the ability to work flexibly and from home, but with office-based working as required. Your main office location will be New County Hall, Truro.

You should expect a varied and challenging caseload spanning both civil and criminal matters. You will have the opportunity to advise on a wide range of issues and develop your own advocacy experience in matters including:

• Judicial Review
• Burials
• General civil litigation
• Contract disputes
• Debt recovery
• Boundary disputes
• Injunctions
• Mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution including drafting settlement agreements
• Inquest advice and representation
• Enforcement of civil and regulatory Trading standards
• Health and safety
• Animal welfare
• Food hygiene
• Fraud
• Consumer protection
• Education welfare (including applications for Supervision Orders)
• Trespasser evictions (including advice on gypsies and travellers, wild campers etc)
• Fire safety
• Housing, including related offences, possessions and homelessness
• Housing disrepair and dilapidations
• Landlord and tenant disputes
• Building control
• Anti-social behaviour
• Negligence and nuisance
• Orders

This is a varied and interesting role working with a very friendly but busy Service. Don’t worry if you don’t have local government experience as we’ll give you the support you need to develop and learn that area.