Dispute Resolution / Public Law Solicitor

Dispute Resolution / Public Law Solicitor

  • Post Date:6th May 2025
  • Apply Before: 22nd May 2025
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Job Description

Job title: Dispute Resolution / Public Law Solicitor
Team: Legal
Department: Department of Finance
Reporting to: General Counsel
Grade: 2
Salary: £84,955 per annum (plus car allowance)
Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Base: Gravesend, Kent
Closing date: 22 May 2025
Interview date: 30 May 2025

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Who we are:

We are the UK’s biggest port, central to the country’s economy and ambitions for growth. We connect the UK to the world, but we are much more than a conventional port.

We are driven by our purpose to protect and improve the 95 mile stretch of the River Thames which is tidal – from Teddington Lock on the border of Surrey, through the heart of London, Kent, Essex and out to the North Sea.

The role:

The Legal team deals with a myriad of complex and technical issues, linked to the PLA’s core duty to preserve and protect the tidal River Thames. We are looking for a Dispute Resolution / Public Law Solicitor to join our Legal team, to provide high quality, efficient, commercially focused legal advice across a variety of matters, including dispute resolution, public law, statutory enforcement and compliance/regulatory work.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver excellent legal solutions according to deadline and to budget
  • Handle general litigation work, including property, landlord and tenant and commercial dispute work
  • Advise upon and manage judicial review proceedings, and conduct/represent the PLA at dispute resolution proceedings, including advocacy, arbitrations and mediations (where applicable)
  • Advise the PLA in respect of:
    • data protection legislation and best practice
    • information law, including responses to Environmental Information Requests
    • governance matters
    • statutes/statutory instruments
    • byelaws and directions under the Port of London Act 1968

What we are looking for:

You will be a qualified solicitor, with 5+ years’ experience of working in any of the following areas: Dispute Resolution legal team, Public law legal team or an in house legal team.

You will:

  • be able to handle large workloads and to adapt and learn new skills
  • have strong communication and analytical skills, with the ability to deliver work to a high standard when under pressure
  • be commercially minded, proactive and regularly take the initiative

Benefits package:

  • 30 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Generous pension
  • Onsite parking with electric charging
  • Access to Occupational Health, Mindfulness, Counselling and Physiotherapy
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Car-leasing scheme (Tusker Cars)
  • Access to MyGymDiscounts

For further information or if you would like to have an informal discussion about the position, please contact Ashleigh Evans, General Counsel ashleigh.evans@pla.co.uk.

The PLA are not registered with the UK Home Office and do not sponsor candidates who require a visa or work permit to work in the UK, therefore an offer of employment cannot be made unless you currently hold the rights to live and work in the UK.

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