litigation lawyer job description

The Litigation Unit (LU), one of the teams in the General Counsel’s Office, conducts the
OFT’s litigation in-house. You will be responsible for providing
accurate, timely and effective litigation services and assist with litigation policy to help meet its vision of delivering high impact outcomes, being a centre of excellence and intelligence and to achieve its objectives.

The Post Holder will also assist the Director of Litigation and the Assistant Directors of
Litigation to create a litigation aware culture by advising colleagues on litigation
risk management, forging good links with other groups, and engaging
with external stakeholders to ensure an effective flow of information and knowledge.

• To conduct Competition Appeal Tribunal appeals, judicial reviews, consumer
enforcement actions, warrant applications to enter and search premises under the
Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 and appeals to the Court of
Appeal and House of Lords.

• To provide high quality public law advice and support to the General Counsel, and a
high quality public law litigation service.

• To provide high quality litigation advice to project teams, colleagues and senior
management on litigation issues, strategy and risk management in cases
and projects.

• To assist the General Counsel in carrying out her functions by providing legal advice,
undertaking research, carrying out Freedom of Information reviews and making
recommendations in relation to a range of public law and corporate governance
matters.

• To increase litigation awareness across the organisation by delivering training to
colleagues at the OFT and advising on risk management.

• To form and maintain good working relationships with all parts of the Office advise many colleagues in these areas on litigation and public law issues.

• You may be responsible for leading and developing Legal Officers, paralegals and
administrative staff within the Litigation Unit.

Qualifications

• Solicitor or barrister qualified to practise in England & Wales with a right to conduct
litigation in the courts of England and Wales (essential)

• Have at least a 2:1 degree or evidence of similar ability. Capable of analysing problems
rigorously and from all angles, showing sound practical judgement as well as academic
ability (essential)

Experience
• Have experience in conducting and managing litigation confidently with limited
supervision and have a sound understanding and awareness of litigation processes and
the application of civil procedure rules (essential)
• Sound staff management experience (desirable)

Knowledge

• A good knowledge of public and administrative law, including human rights issues and
judicial review or a clear ability to acquire the necessary knowledge within a short
space of time (desirable)

• Good working knowledge of competition and/or consumer law (desirable)

Skills

• Ability to grasp quickly and accurately new and complex concepts and areas of law
(essential)
• Ability to work under pressure and as part of a team (essential)
• Ability to balance priorities and co-ordinate work effectively in order to meet deadlines
and deal with high workloads (essential)
• Sound written and oral communication skills to give authoritative advice and influence
colleagues and external stakeholders (essential)
• Aptitude for project management and leadership skills to ensure delivery of litigation
(desirable)
• Ability to deliver training to other colleagues (desirable)

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litigation lawyer job description