All Locations
Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester Spinningfields
Team
Regulatory Core
Salary Details:
Dependant on experience
Contract Type:
Permanent
Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time

About your new role

The Regulatory Department is very diverse, offering a broad range of expert advice to organisations and individuals facing Health & Safety, criminal, environmental, CQC and other regulatory prosecutions. The department also advises individuals facing possible criminal and professional regulatory sanctions, as well as individuals and organisations requiring advice and representation at inquests.The department is rapidly expanding, and we are a busy team. This role will primarily focus on assisting Elliott Kenton and Chris Powell within the department, who have a diverse and interesting caseload, focusing principally on health and safety and transport regulatory matters, including some of the largest companies operating within the transport and logistics sector.
 
The role

The role will primarily focus on assisting with a caseload of Health & Safety, Transport Regulatory and other areas of specialism that Elliott and Chris have, as well as managing their own similar caseload. With our diverse offering, inevitably there will both the scope and need for our lawyers to be involved in work for clients outside of their core caseload.
 
Main duties and responsibilities

Health and Safety

Providing health and safety advice to corporates and individuals on an ongoing basis.
Undertaking training exercises for clients on health and safety topics.
Completing compliance reviews on health and safety;
Conducting internal investigations for clients following a health and safety incident / near miss.
Representing clients during external investigations by the police/ HSE/ local authority including responding to interviews under caution and s.20 requests.
Representing clients that have been prosecuted for health and safety, food safety and fire safety matters.

Transport Regulatory

Advising clients on transport regulatory matters including all areas across the operator licensing regime regulated by the Office of the Traffic Commissioner
Representing operators in PACE interviews with DVSA or other regulators.
Responding to DVSA investigations or desk-based assessments.
Undertaking training exercises for operators.
Undertaking Mock Public Inquiries for clients.
Undertaking compliance reviews for clients.
Representing operators at hearings before the Traffic Commissioners including Preliminary Hearings, Public Inquiries and Senior Team Leader Meetings.

General

Undertaking business development activities, supporting the members of the team and public speaking events.
Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and KPIs are adhered to
Comply with relevant policies and procedures
Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values
 
This list is not intended to be exhaustive, and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

About You

Essential

  • Qualified solicitor 2-5 year PQE
  • Willingness to develop advocacy skills
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Excellent collaborative and team working skills

Desirable

  • Advocacy experience
  • Transport Regulatory experience or willingness to be developed in this area.
  • Health and safety experience or equivalent criminal defence.
  • Wider regulatory defence experience is desirable
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Ability to work to deadlines and targets
  • Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
  • Flexible approach

Other Information

Please note:

  • Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.
  • The successful candidate appointed to this role will be subject to our standard background checking process, and any offer of employment made is conditional upon successful completion of those checks. Further details can be obtained from the Recruitment team.

Why work for us

Weightmans is a Top 40 law firm with offices throughout the UK. Having been recognised as the leading legal employer and 10th overall employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards 2024 and achieved record rankings in Chambers UK.

We are proud to be an accredited living wage employer.

Click here to find out more about industry recognition for excellence, through our achievements, awards and accreditations.

The independent research showed "Weightmans provides exceptional employee conditions, nurtures and develops talent throughout all levels of the organisation."

We are truly committed to fostering a culture of equality and diversity, where everyone in the firm is respected and recognised on merit for the work that they do.

We strongly encourage applications from people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations and disabilities. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustment at any stage of the application process.

Please feel free to note your preferred pronouns in your application.

Work for a firm where people matter – work for Weightmans – We See the possibility in you.

As well as being immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people we offer a wide range of benefits including;

  • 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part time)
  • Hybrid working including provision of home office equipment*
  • Healthcare cover/ Medicash
  • Pension plan
  • Life Insurance 4 x salary
  • Interest free travel loan scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Discounted dental scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Offers & discounts
  • Great reward and recognition scheme

*there are a small number of roles that cannot be performed from home, your Recruitment Adviser can confirm.

Please note

  • We encourage candidates to speak to us direct/apply direct for the opportunities we have available.   
  • Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.
  • The successful candidate appointed to this role will be subject to our standard background checking process, and any offer of employment made is conditional upon successful completion of those checks. Further details can be obtained from the Recruitment team.
  • We are open to part time/job share applicants.

Recruitment agencies (PSL /non-PSL)

Weightmans operates a strict 'preferred supplier list' (PSL) and is committed to working closely with the recruitment agencies that feature on that list. As such, Weightmans does not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs, profiles or any other introductions from both our PSL and non-PSL agencies.  If a PSL or non-PSL agency chooses to submit a speculative or unsolicited CV, profile or introduction without instruction from a member of Weightmans’ recruitment team, we will reserve the right to treat the introduction as a gift and contact the candidate directly without accepting or entering into the agency’s terms nor being liable for a recruitment fee.

Eligibility to work in the UK

Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment, or meet the Home office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying.

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