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About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

This is a great opportunity to work as a litigation lawyer in a busy Lexcel accredited in-house legal team conducting a range of challenging and interesting cases. The team undertakes a wide variety of litigation and advice, which includes, all housing & anti-social behaviour litigation, Judicial Review, all types of debt recovery, commercial litigation, leaseholder compliance, contract disputes and other miscellaneous litigation. You will be expected to undertake advocacy in the County Courts and Magistrates Courts. You will be working collaboratively with a range of Partners and Stakeholders in order to achieve the best outcomes for the Council.  

Working for Hairngey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

About you

We are looking for a Lawyer who is dynamic and energetic, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, and who can think creatively to resolve legal issues. You will be able to work on your own initiative, objectively, calmly and efficiently. You must have excellent time management skills and the ability to work under pressure. We are looking for a confident, motivated and resilient candidate with strong communication and influencing skills to be part of our excellent and friendly legal team.

About the team

This is an exciting time to join a Lexcel accredited in-house legal team, which is delivering an efficient and high-quality legal service to enable the council to deliver its corporate priorities.  The litigation operates in a very busy, fast-moving environment, working with clients from all departments of the Council. One day you can be working on a case involving Tottenham Hotspur football club and then on another day switch to dealing with an urgent homelessness judicial review or an anti-social behaviour injunction