Legal Assistant/ Paralegal
| Posting date: | 04 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26.1 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 September 2025 |
| Location: | Lewisham, London, SE6 4RU |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | MP207303CT1757-OR9824-04082025 |
Summary
Legal Assistant/ Paralegal needed in SE London
The rate is £26.10ph PAYE
This is a temporary role
The reference number is: OR9824
The successful candidate will manage a caseload of 40 mixed disrepair and housing cases (supervised by the Principal Lawyer/Senior Lawyer). Drafting defences, witness statements and application notices, settling claims and dealing with costs issues.
They will be attending legal, income and housing management meetings, will carry out some administrative tasks including:
- Ensuring that an accurate log is kept of all existing and new housing and disrepair cases.
- Arranging for the payment of external invoices.
- Arranging Counsel for hearings and sending bundles to Counsel.
- Entering hearing dates into the Legal Housing Calendar.
- Sharing the monitoring of the dedicated Legal Housing inbox (with the Legal Assistant in the team) to deal with enquiries relating to new and existing cases and assisting external solicitors with clients and escalating matters when necessary.
If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to Kirsty@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.
Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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