Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Junior Housing Solicitor on behalf of Luton Borough Council.
Main purpose of position:
To assist the Senior Housing Solicitor with Housing law cases.
To assist in the provision of legal service to the Council, its Executive, its Committees and Sub-Committees and to Departments (including Senior officers and elected members)
To undertake civil and criminal litigation on behalf of the Council and to advise Client Departments on litigation related issues which takes into account Council's business needs and objectives under the supervision of the Senior Housing Solicitor.
As a Junior Housing Solicitor, you will be responsible to:
·Assist with housing matters within the Litigation Dept. Ensuring effective case management, preparation of cases, and attending hearings under the direction and supervision of the Senior Solicitor Housing.
·Dealing with all stages of (social) housing legal cases and the issuing and defending of claims for rent arrears, anti-social behaviour injunctions, disrepair claims, possession proceedings, as well as some prosecutions relating to the council's stock of social housing. Deputise for the Senior Solicitor Housing as required.
·Appearing an advocate in the County Court and Magistrates' Court on behalf of the Council in relation to Housing cases.
·Undertake County Court litigation in relation to the seeking of possession of houses let to Council ten...