Registrar, Upper Tribunal

**Registrar, Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) - 74973**
**£55,720 - £64,135**
**London**:
**His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service**:
**Royal Courts of Justice Group, Legal Operations**:
**Job Title: Registrar, Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)**:
**Pay Span or equivalent: Grade 7**:
**Contract type: Permanent**:
**Number of hours per week: 37**:
**Number of vacancies: 1**:
**Reserve List: Yes**:
**Background**:
His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of the criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It provides a fair, efficient and effective justice system delivered by an independent judiciary. HMCTS aims to ensure that all citizens receive timely access to justice according to their different needs, whether as victims or witnesses of crime, defendants accused of crime, consumers in debt, children at risk of harm, businesses involved in commercial disputes or as individuals asserting their employment rights or challenging the decisions of government bodies.

Consequently, there are high expectations of all staff regardless of the job they do, and high performance is expected from everybody. The organisation is continuously adopting new or better ways of working to ensure that it focuses on just that which is essential. HMCTS Senior Management Team expects all leaders to operate in a culture of openness and honesty, demonstrating a commitment to change through involvement and empowerment, and by delivering results.

**Introduction**:
The RCJ legal operations group includes all the lawyers working in the offices which support the Upper Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal (criminal and civil divisions).

A team of legally qualified Registrars work with the Judges and administrative staff to deal with this work. The key purpose of the role of the Registrar is to support the judges of UTAAC in the efficient, just and expeditious disposal of cases. There are eight Registrars who support the work of UTAAC in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, seven based in London (including the Senior Registrar) and one in Belfast. A number of Registrars now combine the role with fee-paid judicial office, so the post offers significant opportunity for career development.

**Key responsibilities and duties**:

- **Case management**, providing ongoing high-quality casework throughout case progression, including to:

- provide clear, prompt and accurate legal and procedural advice to judges giving weight to appropriate issues and key authorities.
- manage interlocutory and case management issues for the effective conduct of a case, either at the request of judges or on their own initiative, including the exercise of delegated judicial functions.
- provide appropriate advice on practice and procedure to the Chamber President, Upper Tribunal Judges and Tribunal users, including appellants and legal professionals;
- dealing with procedural and other issues raised by administrative staff; and
- promote and practise proactive case management to ensure that cases are progressed consistently and efficiently in accordance with the overriding objective contained in the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 or other relevant rules with a view to minimising delay and reducing outstanding cases.
- **Maintain and develop specialist knowledge**
- maintain and develop specialist knowledge in relevant areas of law and procedure;
- identify developing trends in the case load.
- where appropriate, maintain a dialogue and exchange of information with First-tier Tribunals, or other agencies and organisations
- **Legal research** as required, carrying out efficient and proportionate legal and other research using relevant and up to date resources and taking into account applicable aspects of constitutional, public and human rights law.
- **Liaising **with the Chamber President and Upper Tribunal Judges to exchange information, provide advice and support as well as attending Judges’ Meetings, User Group and other jurisdictional meetings as required.

**Other duties**:
The post holder is required to work in a flexible way and to undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post.

**Accountability**:
The post holder will report to the Senior Registrar, Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber).

**Location of Post**:
Located at the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber), 5th Floor, 7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, although regular and routine working from other locations may be expected.

**Required Skills, Qualifications & Experience**:

- Solicitor, barrister or Fellow of the Institute of CILEx qualified to practise in England and Wales (i.e. having completed training contract, pupillage or qualifying period o