Average Litigation Lawyer salary in London

The role As a General Litigation Lawyer at Southwark Council, you will deliver high-quality legal services, ensuring cost-effective and legally sound decision-making. Your expertise will guide the council in key litigation matters.Why this role and Southwark? Impactful Work: Handle diverse, complex and high-profile Litigation cases that directly impact the local community.Career Growth: Work alongside top legal minds, gaining exposure to high-profile cases and opportunities for progression.Flexible & Supportive Culture: Enjoy a dynamic work environment with hybrid working options and a commitment to work-life balance. As a General Litigation Lawyer, you will: Manage a diverse caseload of general litigation matters, including commercial and residential property disputes, contract issues, injunctions, and enforcement cases.Provide strategic and tactical legal advice, ensuring Southwark Council remains a leader in public service law.Represent the Council in complex and sensitive cases, including advocacy in court.Stay up to date with court rules, demonstrating strong file management and efficiency.Collaborate with officers at all levels to shape legal strategies and influence key decision-making.You’ll be instrumental in guiding our approach to legal challenges and ensuring that Southwark remains a leader in public service law.Ensure legal compliance in decision-making, supporting governance and strategy.Assess and interpret new legislation, advising on its impact on Council services.Attend and contribute to project groups, working groups, and steering panels. How will you make an impact as our General Litigation Lawyer?We’re looking for a practical, proactive, and results-driven lawyer who brings a blend of the following: At least 3 years post qualification experience as a Lawyer with at least 2 years relevant litigation experience, gained in legal practice.A current practising certificate as a Solicitor, Barrister, or CILEX Fellow (or eligibility to apply for one).Strong case management skills and the ability to handle a varied caseload effectively.Confident written and verbal communication, with a collaborative work ethic.Advocacy skills with a desire to represent the Council in court.The ability to quickly adapt to unfamiliar legal areas, becoming proficient with minimal supervision.A solid understanding of, or previous exposure to, public sector legal work.Commercial awareness and the ability to identify and successfully manage litigation risk.This role offers flexible home working blended with travel into our London Bridge HQ. Additional salary details Southwark is a borough that thrives on diversity, confidence, and ambition. With over 120 languages spoken and a young, multi-cultural population, we are committed to delivering a fairer future for all. If you want varied, challenging, and meaningful work in a fast-paced legal environment, this could be the role for you!About Southwark Council Southwark Council is the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues such as The Shard, The Tate Modern and Borough Market along with many social enterprises and we have a young, diverse, and growing population.At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.?Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals, and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice, and inequality) underpins all that we do.Benefits and more information: Working for Southwark Council – SouthwarkSalary Range: £48,618 - £55,710This post attracts an additional market factor payment of 5% in addition to the annual salary applicable, and a hard to fill benefit payment of £2,327 per annum that can be redeemed against gym membership, health insurance, season ticket purchase, bicycle purchase, additional voluntary contribution to pension, subscription, and professional fees. Recruitment timetable Recruitment timetable: Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 6th of May 2025 Interview Date: The week of 16th of June 2025We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council. Guaranteed Interview Scheme As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria: Members of the Armed Forces and veteransAre currently in care, or have previously been in careIf you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, in which case we will move the key dates for the process. Therefore, if yo

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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Solicitor with a background in patent litigation within the Life Sciences sector to join a leading and prestigious law firm based in London. This would make the ideal next step for a Solicitor who would like to work alongside experts in their field, receive world-class support and truly make their mark within a leading firm. The successful candidate must have experience of patent litigation from within the Life Sciences sector and ideally will hold a science degree, however this is not essential. The firms' IP department has a global reputation, and will allow the successful applicant to carry out work on an array of clients with high profile names handling an array of interesting patent litigation matters. You will also show a willingness and ability to support business development activity by creating and maintaining strong client relationships and identifying new business opportunities for the firm. This is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to further develop their career and be rewarded with an attractive salary package. For more details, please apply now! Dawn Ellmore Employment aims to respond to all applicants, however due to the number of applications received this is regrettably not always possible. If you have not received a response within three working days, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.