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2365 - Registrar, Land Registration Division, First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)
| Posting date: | 24 January 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £61,201 to £69,338 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 February 2025 |
| Location: | WC1E 7LR |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2365 |
Summary
Key responsibilities and duties:
Case management
• Promote and practise proactive case management, to ensure that cases are progressed consistently, efficiently and in accordance with procedure rules (overriding objective) in order to minimise delay and reduce outstanding cases.
• Exercise judicial functions, subject to authorisation, to ensure that judicial resources are utilised efficiently
• Prepare accurate and concise legal notes and research as required
• Provide guidance on the procedural requirements of the relevant tribunal to staff, professional court users and members of the public, in particular litigants in person
• Maintain an accurate overview of all legal issues relevant to the jurisdiction, including identifying important cases
• Prioritise case load effectively
• Mediation (subject to experience and training)
Develop and apply legal skills
• Maintain and develop specialist skills by keeping up to date with developments in land law generally, relevant procedural rules and case law with a strong focus on continuous learning
• Identify developing trends in the caseload area
• Attend in-house and external training courses to complete relevant continuous professional development requirements
Keep stakeholders informed
• Respond to questions and queries from solicitors, counsel and litigants in person accurately and promptly
• Develop and maintain an effective working relationship with, and respond to queries from, the judiciary
• Maintain a dialogue and exchange of information with other stakeholders, for example relevant agencies, and legal representatives
Accountability
• The post holder will report to a Senior Legal Manager.
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.
Case management
• Promote and practise proactive case management, to ensure that cases are progressed consistently, efficiently and in accordance with procedure rules (overriding objective) in order to minimise delay and reduce outstanding cases.
• Exercise judicial functions, subject to authorisation, to ensure that judicial resources are utilised efficiently
• Prepare accurate and concise legal notes and research as required
• Provide guidance on the procedural requirements of the relevant tribunal to staff, professional court users and members of the public, in particular litigants in person
• Maintain an accurate overview of all legal issues relevant to the jurisdiction, including identifying important cases
• Prioritise case load effectively
• Mediation (subject to experience and training)
Develop and apply legal skills
• Maintain and develop specialist skills by keeping up to date with developments in land law generally, relevant procedural rules and case law with a strong focus on continuous learning
• Identify developing trends in the caseload area
• Attend in-house and external training courses to complete relevant continuous professional development requirements
Keep stakeholders informed
• Respond to questions and queries from solicitors, counsel and litigants in person accurately and promptly
• Develop and maintain an effective working relationship with, and respond to queries from, the judiciary
• Maintain a dialogue and exchange of information with other stakeholders, for example relevant agencies, and legal representatives
Accountability
• The post holder will report to a Senior Legal Manager.
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.