Description
This is a senior legal role at the heart of some of the most complex and significant work undertaken across the Royal Courts of Justice and Upper Tribunal. Senior Casework Lawyers provide senior professional legal expertise and delegated decision-making support to the judiciary across the RCJ and Upper Tribunal jurisdictions.
Key accountabilities:
- Case Management and Decision-Making: Take responsibility for proactive end-to-end case management, ensuring proceedings are progressed fairly, efficiently and in accordance with relevant procedural rules, practice directions and the overriding objective.
- Legal Analysis and Professional Expertise: Produce clear, accurate and well-reasoned legal analysis, advice and notes to support judicial decision-making.
- Judicial and Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a trusted professional interface between the judiciary and Legal Operations, responding promptly and constructively to queries.
- Professional Leadership and Capability: Work collaboratively across Legal Operations, sharing expertise and promoting consistent legal practice.
- Governance, Assurance and Risk: Ensure decisions are appropriately recorded, auditable and compliant with governance requirements.
- Service Improvement and Organisational Contribution: Contribute professional expertise to cross-jurisdictional initiatives, governance forums, reform activity and organisational priorities.
Qualifications and experience:
- Qualified to practise as a Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive in England and Wales with post qualification experience in a relevant area of law.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse complex legal and procedural issues, exercise sound professional judgement and make robust decisions.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal issues clearly.
- Experience of managing complex legal casework with a high degree of autonomy.
Jurisdiction-specific responsibilities, statutory powers and specialist expertise are set out in the annexes.