Head of Property Litigation (Dispute Resolution)

Department

Dispute Resolution

Location

Cardiff

Salary

Competitive

Background

Our Tier 1 ranked Property Dispute Resolution team has a UK wide reputation and acts for clients involved in a wide variety of property related disputes.

The Property Dispute Resolution team act for: local and national Government; PLC developers and housebuilders; Social Housing Providers; third sector organisations; pension funds; utilities companies; landlords; and occupiers.

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for a new head of property litigation. The role would suit an already established property litigation partner or a senior associate property litigation specialist who is looking for the next challenge.

You will take a lead role in managing key client relationships, providing commercially focused advice and ensuring the delivery of an excellent level of client service. There will also be responsibility for supervising and mentoring junior lawyers, supporting the development of the wider team and identifying opportunities to grow the practice.

You will be responsible for:

• Managing a team of lawyers with a varied caseload of property litigation matters.
• Have experience of advising on commercial landlord and tenant disputes, boundary and access issues, landlord and tenant issues including lease renewals, service of and disputes relating to break options, dilapidations, repair notices, forfeiture and relief from forfeiture, disputes arising from applications for consent to alter, sub-let or assign, service charge disputes, rent recovery and action against guarantors, property related insolvency issues.
• Advice on and disputes relating to proprietary rights, including adverse possession, breach of easement and restrictive covenant, tribunal applications in relation to relaxation
• Ideally have experience of working for Social Housing Clients.

The successful candidate will be client centered, diligent and enthusiastic. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail are required, as is the ability to work under pressure in order to meet tight deadlines.

Required Experience/Skills

• 8-10 years PQE working at senior level
• Sound technical ability
• Personable and confident
• Team player
• Strong IT skills
• Enjoys networking and business development

Life at Hugh James

We never shy away from a challenge

We are a leading, full-service UK law firm. Since our beginning, we have been led by the things that matter. We care about fighting for the right outcomes. Solving the seemingly unsolvable. Protecting businesses, individuals and livelihoods. Supporting our people, our communities. Safeguarding our planet. Looking for a way forward? At Hugh James, challenges - of all sizes - are readily accepted.

The Hugh James difference

Our law firm has always been guided by the idea that self-belief is just as important as skillset. Our pursuit of righting wrongs and protecting what's important keeps us driving forwards. It's in our roots! We won't stop until we find the answers; the outcomes that are needed.

We are focused on the work we do, the business we run, and our culture. Our entrepreneurial spirit has taken us from humble beginnings to a strong presence across the UK with offices in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and Plymouth - servicing clients from businesses, individuals and banks to public sector organisations, property companies, education establishments and utilities providers. Our collegiate culture, our forward-looking ethos, our values serve to make us bigger, better, bolder than ever before.

A positive force in the community

Our work with charities on a local and national level plays a huge part in our day-to-day lives. We work with a large range of charities, some of which we support through fundraising, donations, volunteering and others we partner with where our areas of work cross paths. Staff, clients everyone comes together through a shared passion to do good in the community and support those in need.

Some of our benefits on offer include

Minimum of 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Two Corporate Social Responsibility days

Birthday day off

Death in service equivalent to twice annual salary

Auto enrolment pension scheme

Hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts for local businesses

Professional fees paid (subject to requirement for your role)

Employee recruitment incentive scheme

Hugh James is an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.

Thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity. If you have questions, please contact Diane Brooks.

We reserve the right to close our vacancies earlier than the given deadline if we receive sufficient applications for the role.