Lawstop (London) – Court of Protection/Community Care Solicitor

1 day ago


Brighton, United Kingdom Young Legal Aid Lawyers Full time
Lawstop (London) – Court of Protection/Community Care Solicitor

Salary: starting from £35,000

Lawstop is recruiting a Court of Protection solicitor, ideally with knowledge and/or experience of community care more widely. The ideal candidate would have the following skills and competencies:

  • Meet the LAA supervisor requirements for the Community Care legal aid contract, including the contract-specific requirements relating to cases brought under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • Have knowledge and experience across a range of Court of Protection casework, including 21A Deprivation of Liberty challenges and s.16 proceedings
  • Able to advise and represent ‘P’, via a litigation friend (including the Official Solicitor), or family members within proceedings
  • Able to work independently and as part of a team
  • Able to create and implement team-wide processes, procedures and precedents that are compliant with our various obligations
  • Able to self-supervise
  • Have Accredited Legal Representative status, or be willing to undertake the required training and assessment
  • Knowledge and experience of wider community care law, including issues arising under the Care Act, housing legislation, and legislation relevant to families and children
  • Experience supervising other team members
  • Able to write and deliver training on mental capacity issues both within the CoP and community care teams and across other teams within Lawstop
  • Experience and knowledge of how mental capacity issues arise across the civil courts and our different areas of law i.e. someone who can run their own cases plus field questions from education, housing, immigration, public law, etc

How to apply: please provide CV and covering letter to Mary Bennett at maryb@lawstop.co.uk

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