Locum Debt Recovery (Civil Litigation) Lawyer – Remote Working – up to £55 per hour Umbrella – West Midlands
Venn Group’s specialist legal team are currently working with an ambitious Local Authority in the West Midlands who are recruiting for a Locum Debt Recovery Lawyer to join their department.
Expected duration: 6 months subject to a possible further extension
Hourly rate: Up to £55 per hour umbrella
Skill level: Qualified Lawyers
Working pattern: Full time hours preferred & remote/ hybrid working
The ideal candidate will have prior experience working within a Local Authority dealing with a varied caseload and in particular have a strong working knowledge of Social Care Debt Recovery matters.
This role will involve a mixed caseload dealing with a variety of matters including Debt Recovery, Civil Litigation and especially focussing on dealing with charges on property and deceased debtors work.
Daily duties may include:
- Providing debt recovery advice as required and managing a full and varied caseload of high-value debt recoveries
- Completing debt recovery negotiations in a wide range of highly complex commercial, contractual, consumer and statutory debt recovery cases
- Undertaking enforcement proceedings against Judgement Debtors
- Drafting any debt recovery policies and procedures as required
- Having a strong working knowledge of the enforcement procedure including winding up and bankruptcy petitions
- Enforcing Section 106 Town & Country Planning Act 1990 agreements by way of Statutory Injunctions
- Providing legal advice to the Council, its component Member Bodies, its officers and such other bodies as required
- Completing legal analysis to judge the prospects of success, write offs and statutory limitation periods, procedural advice, costs liability, as required to allow the Council to make decisions and achieve legally sound solutions
- Carrying out the drafting of any necessary documents, Claim Forms, Particulars of Claim, Counterclaims or Defences, Directions Orders, costs budgets and schedules Part 36 offers
The position can offer an hourly rate of up to £55 per hour Umbrella dependent on the experience of each individual candidate.
Please apply for this role online or contact Tom Hoult or Connie Ross via phone or email for further information.
0121 616 0660
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates. All salaries and PQE ranges stated serve only as a guide and all applicants will be considered on their individual merits.
Locum Debt Recovery (Civil Litigation) Lawyer – Remote Working – up to £50 per hour Umbrella – West Midlands