Location Leeds
Hybrid Working
The Divison
The Advisory Division helps our health and social care clients across a wide range of issues, including:
- Litigation: including Court of Protection, judicial review and mental health tribunal matters
- Mental Health and Mental Capacity law, to include Deprivation of Liberty
- Public law, advising commissioning and service provider organisations on governance, policies powers and responsibilities, as well as funding and treatment decision making
- Governance and patient safety investigations
- CQC and related health care regulation
- Information law (DPA/FOIA)
We are committed to recruiting the best people to maintain our market leading position and solicitors of most interest to us are those who have the ability to actively develop client relationships and deliver clear, focused and practical advice. In return, the firm prides itself on being able to offer top quality work, excellent career prospects and a healthy work life balance in a supportive working environment.
The Role and Responsibilites
The firm is looking to expand its existing Advisory team and seeks a self-motivated and ambitious solicitor or solicitor advocate to join us. This role will involve supervising and supporting a team of junior lawyers, advising clients on the above issues, working alongside a national team of leading lawyers and supportive colleagues. The work includes dealing with some of the most important and politically sensitive cases for the NHS. The successful candidate will therefore need to be a confident lawyer who is self-motivated and able to develop the skills to work with very senior NHS management.
Skills and Experience
The successful candidate will have demonstrable advisory experience including advocacy or an appetite to develop advocacy skills, within a leading healthcare law practice.
Capsticks is an inclusive employer
At Capsticks we value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment where everyone is able to be themselves and reach their full potential. Capsticks is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and therefore we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, background, culture, ethnicity, race, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, religion and beliefs.
We will make reasonable adjustments to our application and interview process to ensure that you have the best chance of success. We understand that there's not a "one size fits all" approach to adjustments so our team will work with you individually to understand more about your requirements.
