Legal Counsel - Litigation

You will work closely with colleagues across Housing, Property Services, Compliance, and Customer Engagement to provide timely legal advice, manage pre-action and litigated matters and help reach practical resolutions to housing management disputes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of housing management matters, including injunction applications and possession claims
• Draft and review pleadings, witness statements, instructions to counsel, and settlement agreements.
• Liaise with internal client teams, external solicitors, and local authorities when required.

Legal Advice & Support

• Provide clear, pragmatic legal advice to internal stakeholders on Anti-social behaviour and housing management matters.
• Advise operational teams on legal risks.
• Support early intervention strategies to reduce the risk of counterclaims.

Internal Collaboration and process improvements

• Work with the Housing teams to ensure timely instructions, accurate evidence and effective legal work.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of internal policies, procedures, and training.
• Assist in implementing learning from cases across the business to improve the resident experience and prevent problems from reoccurring.

Risk & Compliance

• Ensure legal compliance with legislation.
• Maintain accurate and detailed case records.
• Monitor legal trends and emerging risks across the housing sector to support organisational risk management