Police Associate Solicitor

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Weightmans Full time

About your new role

As a Police Associate Solicitor at Weightmans, you will be part of the in-house legal services team for Surrey, Sussex, and Suffolk Police. We are seeking an experienced solicitor with a minimum of 3 years PQE to provide high-quality and prompt legal advice on a range of queries arising from all aspects of policing.

We are looking for a solicitor who can advise on a wide variety of issues, including operational policing matters, civil litigation, public law challenges, inquests, information law, and non-operational issues. Previous experience of advising a police force is desirable, ideally with defendant and/or in-house experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Advise on and draft responses and grounds of defence in threatened and issued public law claims
  • Provide advice to clients across all aspects of policing
  • Advise on a range of data protection matters
  • Manage a caseload of family disclosure cases, including presenting cases in court
  • Supervise more junior members of staff on family disclosure cases
  • Liaise with various parties, including other solicitors, insurers, experts, counsel, and clients
  • Provide regular face-to-face training to police officers
  • Maintain a Case Manager diary and action lists
  • Draft various documents, including Court applications
  • Satisfy standards of client case and compliance with SLAs
  • Complete Client MI procedures
  • Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
  • Comply with relevant rules, policies, and procedures
  • Keep up to date with legal developments
  • Work in accordance with Weightmans' values

About You

We are looking for a qualified solicitor with a minimum of 3 years PQE, who is qualified as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales. You should be able to provide effective written and oral advice, organise a complex workload, and work collaboratively with various parties.

You should also have excellent IT skills, time management and organisation skills, attention to detail and concentration, ability to multi-task and prioritise, ability to work to strict deadlines and targets, and ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.



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