Transport Regulatory Solicitor

About your new role

The Regulatory Department is very diverse, offering a broad range of expert advice to organisations and individuals both on a proactive and reactive basis. Our work principally covers Internal Investigations, Health & Safety, Environmental, Financial Crime and other regulatory investigations and prosecutions. criminal, environmental and other regulatory prosecutions.

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 regulatory investigations, and inquiries arising principally in the transport and logistics sector.

The role will primarily focus on assisting with a caseload of Internal Investigations, Health & Safety Investigations and Prosecutions, White Collar Crime Investigations and Prosecutions and Transport Regulatory (operator licensing and Traffic Commissioner Public Inquiries) 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.

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

We would ideally like to speak to candidates 2-5 year PQE. You will also have/be:

• Willing 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
• Good communication skills
• Good IT skills
• Ability to work to deadlines and targets
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Flexible approach

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.
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All Locations

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester

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Position

Regulatory Core

Salary Details:

Dependant on experience

Contract Type:

Permanent

Full Time or Part Time?

Full Time