Licensing Solicitor – Hackney, London (Local Authority role)
Contract role
Hourly rate negotiable
Full time, 37 hours per week
We are looking for a skilled Licensing Lawyer to join our ambitious, agile Legal & Governance Services team. Managing your own caseload with minimal supervision, you will act as a key legal advisor on a broad spectrum of licensing matters, ensuring our regulatory framework remains robust, fair, and legally sound.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clear, accurate, and pragmatic legal advice to client officers, senior management, and Licensing Committees on complex and routine licensing issues.
- Prepare complex reports and attend evening Licensing Sub-Committee hearings to provide live legal, procedural, and governance advice to elected Members.
- Represent the Council in Magistrates’ Court appeals, tribunals, and contested licensing review hearings where required.
- Draft legal notices, committee decisions, licensing conditions, and policy documents, while keeping abreast of statutory updates and legal developments affecting local authority licensing.
- Efficiently manage a high-volume, demanding caseload using our legal case management system, achieving the required annual target of 1,200 chargeable hours while adhering to Lexcel standards.
- Build strong working relationships with internal teams (such as Environmental Health, Trading Standards, and Planning), external agencies (including the Metropolitan Police and Fire Authority), applicants, and local residents.
If you have any questions about this role or wish to apply, please contact isobel@deekay.co.uk who will respond at the earliest convenience.
