Legal Assistant - Swindon, United Kingdom - Critical Project Resourcing

Critical Project Resourcing

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Swindon, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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A Local Authority in Swindon is seeking a Legal Assistant to join them on a contract basis.

The main purpose of the role is to:

Provide comprehensive legal support to a team within the legal department.
Assist the legal team to offer legal services to members and officers of the Council' in terms of transactional work and advice.
Providing and preparing legal documentation and assisting officers of the Council.

Main responsibilities will include:

Assisting lawyers within the relevant team as required in the preparation and case management of cases help within the team.
Assist and advice various Council departments and to handle routine legal matters.
Correspond and liaise with client departments, external solicitors, barristers, experts, and other agencies.
Draft and assist in preparation of legal documents.
Manage a caseload of nocomplex legal work.
Analytically consider documents and evidence provided by the client department and other parties and assist in the drafting and collation of evidence.
Prepare and maintain reports and statistics including from the case management system as required.
Assist in research on legal questions arising from the work of the council.
Prioritise their workload ensuring deadlines are agreed and time frames are met, avoiding unnecessary delays and increased costs.