Senior Planning Lawyer

Senior Planning Lawyer Haringey £40 per hour (umbrella) Full Time Contract (3 Months) Novax Recruitment is actively seeking a Senior Planning Lawyer in Haringey. This is a contract with a scope for extension working full time hours. The job: Manage a full and varied caseload of legal matters with an emphasis on Planning and Regeneration issues To deliver complex specialist advice on legal matters with minimum supervision To advise elected Members where appropriate, and attending the Executive, Committees and Sub-Committees and providing reports as requiredThe candidate: At least 2 years recent post qualification experience of working in legal practice conducting a caseload consisting of planning, highways and regeneration matters Post qualification experience of conducting the above mentioned caseload within a public sector setting is desirable Experience of advocacy in an Inquiry, the Magistrates or County Courts or other relevant courts and Tribunals, to include planning appeals at both hearing and public inquiry stage. Experience of advising on regeneration schemes and more complex public inquiries, High Court appeals and judicial reviews in the context of planning is desirablePlease submit your application via the contact details provided and you will be contacted with further information about this opportunity or email your CV to me directly; or call me on; (phone number removed)