A CAREER WITH US

Current Vacancies:

Housing Solicitor

Salary range: £50,000 – £65,000 PA – negotiable depending on experience and knowledge of Housing Law.

Role: 5 days per week

Description:

Experienced Solicitor or Caseworker sought for well known Housing Legal Aid Team
Oliver Fisher is an award-winning Kensington based law firm established in 1958 and specialising in Housing law advice and representation.
Well-known for a number of leading House of Lords, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Decisions, Oliver Fisher have always sought to enforce the law but also to make the law.

We provide advice and representation in homelessness, disrepair, possession and injunction proceedings and unlawful eviction. The department has extensive experience of handling all housing related judicial review claimant matters at the High Court. We also deal with leasehold disputes and Rent Repayment Disputes.

Main Responsibilities of the Role

• Undertaking casework in Homelessness, Possession, Injunction and Committal proceedings, Disrepair and Unlawful Eviction, leaseholder disputes.
• Time Recording
• Managing files in compliance with SQM requirements

Key Requirements

• Experience in dealing with all Housing related casework
• Knowledge of the legal aid system and a commitment to providing access to justice through legal aid.
• Caring about vulnerable clients
• Good written and oral communication skills and ability to work with vulnerable clients with empathy and compassion
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office applications and experience in using legal case management systems

What we offer

• Competitive salary – £50k-£65k
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Working as part of a large team
Deadline for applications – Friday 28th March 2025
Applications by way of CV and covering letter to Russell@oliverfisher.co.uk

Legal Secretary to support Senior Partner

Salary: £30,000 – £35,000  / negotiable depending on experience

Role: 5 days per week – 9am -5:30pm – In-office / non work from home. 

Description:

Oliver Fisher is looking for a Legal Secretary to transcribe audio dictation and assist with general admin work such as opening files and managing the firm’s file archive system. 

Contact recruitment@oliverfisher.co.uk with your CV. 

General Information:

Please note that due to the number of applications we receive we are not always able to respond to each applicant individually.

Trainees & Paralegals:  Normally our trainees are recruited initially as Paralegals and, provided we are happy with their performance, they then progress to a training contract. At present we have four trainee.

The qualities we are looking for in a prospective trainee (this is not an exhaustive list) include the following:-

• • High academic qualifications. We do not normally consider applicants with less than a 2:1 degree, although we sometimes make exceptions to this rule if other academic qualifications are particularly good;

• • Good commercial awareness and ability to use ones initiative when required;

• • High understanding of, and approach to, law and procedure;

• • Enthusiasm and interest for the areas of law in which the firm specialises;

• • Practical experience of the workplace, dealing with a wide cross section of people;

• • Experience of working in a legal environment;

• • Interests and achievements outside the workplace and the law.