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£67,119 a year
Gross, as stated in the ad.
About £4,120 a month after tax.
Hybrid
Only from certain places, per the ad: “These roles are based only in our Weymouth office.”
Apply by Sunday 1 November
The date the employer’s listing closes.
Be near South West England for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
28.97% employer pension
Paid in by the employer, per the ad. The legal minimum is 3%.
Qualified at time of application to practise as a Solicitor/Barrister or FCILEx in England and Wales.
£67,119
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Alongside your salary of £67,119, HM Land Registry contributes £19,444 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa.
You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
Legal Services
It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry as we continue a major transformation programme. HM Land Registry's ambition is to become the world's leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.
We are now looking for 2 lawyers to join our Land Registration Lawyers team in Weymouth to play a vital role in the delivery of first-class legal services to support HM Land Registry's ambition.
Appointments will be made based on merit, taking into account our priorities and posts available.
Working as part of a national team of lawyers in the Service Delivery Group function, you will work collaboratively with colleagues based in in your local office and across 14 offices throughout England and Wales.
You will manage a varied caseload of complex and sensitive cases and help to deliver HM Land Registry's business objectives.
You will support HM Land Registry's purpose to protect land ownership and provide services and data that underpin an efficient and informed property market by providing legal and technical advice.
You will make key decisions, giving direction in the most complex cases on matters such as land ownership, rights, interests affecting land, indemnity, complaints and disputed applications.
You will provide clear and visible leadership across the Organisation, actively promoting HM Land Registry's ambition, mission and values and role-modelling its culture.
All our roles are office based; however, we currently also offer some opportunities for home working. The current expectation for office attendance is that all team members spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office.
These roles are based only in our Weymouth office. Training and 60% attendance will be required at the Weymouth office and there is no provision to undertake this role at other HM Land Registry sites. Relocation packages are not available for this role.
The initial training period for this role generally takes around 9 months followed by a further period of consolidation.
During training there may be a requirement to spend more than 60% of the time in the office at certain times and depending on the needs of the training programme.
Working as part of a national team of lawyers, you may be required to travel to other HM Land Registry offices as required from time to time, subject to business need.
Permanent
Full-time, Part-time
Weymouth, South West England, DT4 9TT
478017
Grade 7
G7 Lawyer
2
To take up a post, you must be qualified to practise as a Solicitor or Barrister in England and Wales or be a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives by the date of your application.
Due to the breadth of the role, unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from Licensed Conveyancers who are not also qualified Solicitors, Barristers or Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
We are looking for applicants with proven legal professional and/or Land Registration skills who can exercise sound judgement to reach effective decisions quickly and manage risk.
We offer flexible working hours, the minimum number of hours if not full-time are 30 hours/4 days per week.
Land Registration Lawyers are corporate leaders within HM Land Registry with particular focus on coaching in local offices in addition to handling a varied and busy workload. The successful candidates will require strong communication and interpersonal skills and will play a vital part in delivering the first-class legal services HM Land Registry needs as we transform into a digital organisation.
See what it's like to work here in the attached Lawyer Prospectus.
For more information, please see the attached Candidate Pack.
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 1st November 2026
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
To apply, please paste your CV into the online form to include your qualifications and relevant roles (with main duties / key responsibilities only please); removing any personal details as the sift process is anonymous.
At application stage you will be required to submit a Personal Statement with no more than 500 words, to demonstrate the below leading criteria (using specific examples):
Within the role specific question boxes, please provide evidence (using specific examples) of how you demonstrate the following "essential experience" criteria, from the attached job description, in no more than 500 words each for the three areas:
Please note that the information provided in the personal statement and these question boxes will be used to assess these criteria, along with the information provided in your CV.
In the event of there being a large volume of applications, the leading criteria is:
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date, with interviews taking place in person at our Weymouth Office during the week commencing 23 November 2026.
If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend an interview and discuss a technical scenario, pre-reading will be provided in advance of the interview, to enable you to prepare for this. Further details will be provided on invitation to interview.
The interview will test the technical skills, experience and behaviours listed in the job description.
Please review your application form before clicking 'submit' - once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications - this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.
HMLR - Legal Services
At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.
You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage may be invited to attend an interview. If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction..
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/
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