- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Internal promotion and the chance to work for a top defendant law firm
The firm are consistently ranked in the top tier in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK directories for Professional Discipline. Their expertise in both health and regulation sets them apart from the competition.
They have handled many thousands of regulatory cases over the last 20 years, covering case investigation, preparation and presentation. They work for seven of the ten health and social care regulators, as well as regulators in legal services and education. Their reputation across the regulatory sectors is built on providing proportionate, timely and high quality case preparation and presentation and a service that demonstrates value for money. Their breadth of experience means that they are at the forefront of regulation, legislative and policy changes and best practice.
The Role
Their professional discipline team is ranked in the top-tier by the legal directories and is one of the largest in the country. They are now seeking an ambitious Associate to join their Leeds or Manchester office to help build and develop their excelling practice.
The work requires managing an investigatory caseload where it is alleged that the registrant's fitness to practise is impaired through misconduct, competence or health issues and preparing those cases for hearings before panels and committees of the relevant regulators. The work is varied, challenging and rewarding and the cases cover everything from large-scale fraud or multi- patient clinical failings through to inappropriate sexualised behaviour.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Their Associates / Senior Associates carry out the day-to-day conduct of the regulator's cases under the supervision of a partner and with the assistance of a paralegal. As the associate you will:
- Prepare the case plan at the outset of the case; Prepare advice on procedural or evidential issues; Correspond with the defence;
- Ensure that all factual evidence required to prove the allegations is obtained;
- Interview key witnesses in complex cases or if the witness deals with novel or sensitive issues or is a vulnerable witness;
- Supervise witness statements taken by paralegals;
- Instruct experts and identify if any amendments are necessary to the expert report; Prepare instructions to counsel (both our internal advocates and the external bar); Attend conferences with counsel;
- Either draft the charge or review the draft charge against the evidence if drafted by counsel; Carry out disclosure of unused material;
- Supervise the preparation of the hearing bundle by the paralegal;
- Attend hearing at outset only, unless there are legal issues or problems with the case; Seek instructions from the client on any issues that arise in the course of the hearing; Prepare final reports at the conclusion of a case.
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