Senior Lawyer (Children & Families) (Hybrid) needed in Manchester, Paying up to £55phPAYE - Reference: 000A 73DD / 1
Attendance at court, minimum once fortnightly
Monday - Friday, 35 hour contract
Reciprocal one month notice
1. Build and maintain excellent client relations acting as a role model to achieve service and client wide objectives.
2. Providing timely, high quality and accurate legal, tactical and strategic advice.
3. Use advanced analytical skills to interpret complex information to identify legal issues, risk and other implications for clients.
4. To communicate both verbally and in writing to a consistently high standard with the ability to translate and present complex legal advice in a way that can be clearly understood by a variety of audiences.
5. Where appropriate, to demonstrate exceptional advocacy skills achieving the best possible outcomes for the client.
6. Demonstrate exceptional negotiating and influencing skills to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.
7. To be solution focussed always looking positively for ways in which the clients desired outcomes can be achieved.
8. Research law and procedure to a high professional standard and keep ahead of legal developments.
9. Demonstrate highly competent legal drafting skills.
10. Deputise effectively when required in dealings with clients, legal management and l...