Debt Recovery Lawyer

Locum Debt Recovery Solicitor – Full time – Predominantly Remote Working – 3 months + - up to £55 per hour – Midlands
Position: Locum Debt Recovery Solicitor
Organisation: Midlands based Local Authority
Duration: 3 months +
Working Hours: Full Time
Working Arrangement: Predominantly Remote Working, attending court when required (roughly 1-2 times per month)
Hourly Rate: Up to £55 Umbrella (Dependent on experience)
The ideal candidate will have prior experience working within a Local Authority and will have a broad working understanding of Debt Recovery including Adult Social Care Debt, Section 106 Debt, Housing Development Debt and various other matters.
Duties may include:
• Providing Adult Social Care Debt Recovery advice as required and managing a full and varied case load of these types of Debt including high value Debts
• Attendance at regular client review meetings to monitor progress of Debt Recovery and advising on prospects of success, write offs, statutory limitation periods, procedural advice, costs liability as required to allow the Council to make decisions and achieve legally sound solutions
• Issuing court proceedings to recover Debts, drafting court documents, and undertaking enforcement proceedings against judgment debtors
This position has an attractive hourly rate of up to £55 per hour Umbrella dependent ...