6182 - Law Commission Lawyer – Property, Family and Trust Law Team
| Posting date: | 22 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £56,532 to £69,338 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £56,532 - £64,048, London salary range is £61,201 - £69,338. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 June 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6182 |
Summary
Law Commission Grade 7 Lawyer – Property, Family and Trust Law Team
The Law Commission of England and Wales is recruiting up to two lawyers with property-law skills to work on challenging and high-profile reform of commercial leasehold law. We are currently examining security of tenure for business tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, and we have highlighted other areas that might benefit from future reform, including, for example, addressing problems with the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995.
Working as part of a small team with the Law Commissioner responsible for property law, and engaging with a wide variety of landlords, tenants and other stakeholders, the successful candidate(s) will help to ensure the law works for today’s commercial leasehold market.
About the Law Commission
The Law Commission offers an unrivalled opportunity to work on some of the most complex legal and policy questions facing our society. It offers stretching, high quality work, the chance to make a positive difference to our society, access to fulfilling learning and development, and a positive work-life balance.
The Commission has, for 60 years, had a unique role – independent, but at the heart of Government. Its aims are:
To ensure that the law is as fair, modern, simple and cost-effective as possible.
To conduct research and consultations in order to make recommendations for reform.
To codify the law, eliminate anomalies, repeal obsolete and unnecessary enactments and reduce the number of separate statutes.
The Law Commission is an independent non-departmental body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. It has a judicial Chair, four Commissioners, and around 80 members of staff. Its work is organised into four areas: Property, Family and Trust Law; Commercial and Common Law; Public Law and the Law in Wales; and Criminal Law.
Further information about the Law Commission and its work can found at www.lawcom.gov.uk/.
Ways Of Working
At the Law Commission we believe in and promote alternative ways of working in order to recruit and retain the best talent, so these roles are available as full-time, part-time or with the option to job share. We also offer flexible working patterns including a flexi time scheme and the opportunity to work compressed hours, subject to business needs.
The way our projects are resourced means we plan in terms of full-time equivalents, but we welcome applications from established job shares, who may work more than 1 full time equivalent jointly, and from people who might be interested in forming a job share arrangement. We also welcome applications from those wishing to work part-time, but if you wish to work less than four days / week then we would regard that as a job share and need to be satisfied that a second job share applicant was available. It would be helpful to know in advance if you wish to work in a job share arrangement as it may help us identify other suitable candidates. Contact details are set out below if you would like to discuss with us in advance of applying.
We are committed to treating people openly and with respect. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: Diversity and inclusion – Law Commission
Further information can be found at https://lawcom.gov.uk/working-at-law-commission/.
About our lawyers
We recruit brilliant, innovative lawyers from a wide range of backgrounds to join our teams. But our lawyers are not just lawyers. They engage in policy making, legislative procedure, project management and leadership. They examine legal and policy issues from every angle, engage closely with a huge range of stakeholders from all walks of life, draft clear and compelling consultation papers and reports, and work with Government officials to take our work forward in Parliament. While lawyers in private practice apply the law to individual cases, lawyers at the Law Commission have freedom to consider what the law should be, for everyone.
About the Property, Family and Trust Law Team
The Property, Family and Trust Law team undertakes projects that cover a wide-range of issues that have a significant impact on individuals, businesses and wider society. For example, recommendations that we made in our work on Residential Leasehold and Commonhold were included in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and have the potential to significantly improve the lives of millions of leasehold home owners.
Our current work includes: Business Tenancies: the right to renew, Chancel Repair Liability and Registration, Burial and Cremation, Wills and Kinship Care.
We are in the process of finalising our 14th Programme of Law Reform and anticipate it will include several new, challenging and impactful projects.
The Law Commission of England and Wales is recruiting up to two lawyers with property-law skills to work on challenging and high-profile reform of commercial leasehold law. We are currently examining security of tenure for business tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, and we have highlighted other areas that might benefit from future reform, including, for example, addressing problems with the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995.
Working as part of a small team with the Law Commissioner responsible for property law, and engaging with a wide variety of landlords, tenants and other stakeholders, the successful candidate(s) will help to ensure the law works for today’s commercial leasehold market.
About the Law Commission
The Law Commission offers an unrivalled opportunity to work on some of the most complex legal and policy questions facing our society. It offers stretching, high quality work, the chance to make a positive difference to our society, access to fulfilling learning and development, and a positive work-life balance.
The Commission has, for 60 years, had a unique role – independent, but at the heart of Government. Its aims are:
To ensure that the law is as fair, modern, simple and cost-effective as possible.
To conduct research and consultations in order to make recommendations for reform.
To codify the law, eliminate anomalies, repeal obsolete and unnecessary enactments and reduce the number of separate statutes.
The Law Commission is an independent non-departmental body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. It has a judicial Chair, four Commissioners, and around 80 members of staff. Its work is organised into four areas: Property, Family and Trust Law; Commercial and Common Law; Public Law and the Law in Wales; and Criminal Law.
Further information about the Law Commission and its work can found at www.lawcom.gov.uk/.
Ways Of Working
At the Law Commission we believe in and promote alternative ways of working in order to recruit and retain the best talent, so these roles are available as full-time, part-time or with the option to job share. We also offer flexible working patterns including a flexi time scheme and the opportunity to work compressed hours, subject to business needs.
The way our projects are resourced means we plan in terms of full-time equivalents, but we welcome applications from established job shares, who may work more than 1 full time equivalent jointly, and from people who might be interested in forming a job share arrangement. We also welcome applications from those wishing to work part-time, but if you wish to work less than four days / week then we would regard that as a job share and need to be satisfied that a second job share applicant was available. It would be helpful to know in advance if you wish to work in a job share arrangement as it may help us identify other suitable candidates. Contact details are set out below if you would like to discuss with us in advance of applying.
We are committed to treating people openly and with respect. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: Diversity and inclusion – Law Commission
Further information can be found at https://lawcom.gov.uk/working-at-law-commission/.
About our lawyers
We recruit brilliant, innovative lawyers from a wide range of backgrounds to join our teams. But our lawyers are not just lawyers. They engage in policy making, legislative procedure, project management and leadership. They examine legal and policy issues from every angle, engage closely with a huge range of stakeholders from all walks of life, draft clear and compelling consultation papers and reports, and work with Government officials to take our work forward in Parliament. While lawyers in private practice apply the law to individual cases, lawyers at the Law Commission have freedom to consider what the law should be, for everyone.
About the Property, Family and Trust Law Team
The Property, Family and Trust Law team undertakes projects that cover a wide-range of issues that have a significant impact on individuals, businesses and wider society. For example, recommendations that we made in our work on Residential Leasehold and Commonhold were included in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and have the potential to significantly improve the lives of millions of leasehold home owners.
Our current work includes: Business Tenancies: the right to renew, Chancel Repair Liability and Registration, Burial and Cremation, Wills and Kinship Care.
We are in the process of finalising our 14th Programme of Law Reform and anticipate it will include several new, challenging and impactful projects.