Overview
Lawyer – Property and Public Law Jobs in Bristol-London, Ontario at Government Legal Department
Title: Lawyer – Property and Public Law
Company: Government Legal Department
Location: Bristol-London, Ontario
LocationBristol, Leeds, London, Manchester
About The JobJob summaryAbout The Government Legal DepartmentFrom energy to security, health to human rights, we help the Government deliver life changing law for citizens.
The Government Legal Department is the largest provider of legal services across government, working on high profile matters that are frequently scrutinised in Parliament and the media. Our work includes:
Developing and drafting legislation
Providing legal advice on policies
Securing our economic and trade relationships
Ensuring value from commercial contracts worth billions of pounds
Providing the Civil Service’s employment law advice
We are at the heart of delivering the Government’s priorities and our success depends on our people.
GLD is a non-ministerial government department, sponsored by the Attorney General. We are headed by the Treasury Solicitor, our Permanent Secretary and employ nearly 3000 people, including over 2000 legal professionals. Our offices include London, Leeds, Bristol, Croydon and Manchester as well as overseas. We provide specialist legal services including Litigation, Employment and Commercial Law as well as advising most Government Departments on the policies and services they deliver.
GLD also depends on a range of vital corporate services. These are essential to the smooth and efficient running of the Department and provide the foundation to enable GLD to deliver outstanding legal services. Our corporate functions include Strategy, HR, Finance, Digital, Data and Technology, Communications, Security, Commercial and Project delivery.
Our vision is to be an outstanding legal organisation and a brilliant place to work where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. This is an exciting time for GLD, with cutting edge legal work on global issues and a transformation agenda which is ensuring the Department exemplifies the Modern Civil Service .
To find out more about what we do visit the Government Legal Department’s webpage or have a look at this short film which showcases the breadth of work government lawyers and legal trainees are involved in.
Job Description
About the DLUHC Legal Advisers and the Housing and Land legal team
The Division
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is responsible for the levelling up agenda, elections and the Union, planning policy, housing policy, building safety, community integration and regeneration and local government. The Department has an ambitious agenda to deliver on the Government’s levelling up aspirations, drive up housing supply, increase home ownership, devolve powers and budgets to boost local growth and to support strong public services.
Our lawyers support delivery across all DLUHC’s policy areas through 7 Deputy Director-led legal teams and supported by a small Business Management team. The Division is co-located with DLUHC in London with a small team in the Planning Inspectorate in Bristol, and a number of lawyers in Leeds and Manchester offices. The Division is a very friendly place to be, and we all strive to support each other and live the GLD values.
The Team
The Housing and Land team is made up of 19 Grade 6 and 7 lawyers and led by two Deputy Directors. We advise on a wide range of housing and property law matters, including social housing, homelessne…
