Housing Litigation Lawyer

We are recruiting for a senior practitioner who is looking for real prospects of career progression to join one of the largest specialist Housing Litigation teams outside of London. 

You will be supported by a Partner with over 30 years' experience in this field. Joining a supportive and friendly team environment you will be given the platform to develop your career in the Housing Management and Litigation Department at Walker Morris.

We advise a broad category of residential clients, including those in the private, public and third sectors. The clients we represent include some of the largest UK residential landlords with nationwide long leasehold and tenanted portfolios. Other clients include property consultancy firms, managing agents, property developers, retail lenders and fixed charge receivers. We also work collaboratively on transactional matters with colleagues in our Real Estate, Sports Law, Corporate and Financial Departments.  

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Senior Associate or Director to join a team with an excellent reputation in the regional and national markets and to be at the forefront of its future growth.

• An experienced solicitor with at least 6 years’ PQE in this specialism
• Experience in dealing with a broad range of contentious and non-contentious residential landlord and tenant law matters.
• Preferably have a client following and joining us with a brief to build on the existing client base and grow the practice.

When you’re looking for a job, we know it’s about more than just the role. That’s why we provide the support you need to develop and grow your career. We’ve hybrid and flexible working, so you can make work and life work together for you. Walker Morris is a top 100 commercial law firm where you don’t have to fit a mould, so you can bring your full self to work and our commitment to a meaningful work life balance means you can take your full-self home again too!

We’ve recently launched the new Walker Morris brand, which brings to life what it’s really like to work with and within the firm. What it really comes back to is our purpose, to forge your own path. It means we’re 70% corporate professional law firm but with 30% individual expression – meaning we’re personal, modern and have a drive for innovation.

• Competitive salary + up to 35% bonus
• Flexible working – we understand work-life balance is important, we are open to discussing your hybrid working preferences.
• Annual Leave – minimum of 25 days per year, increasing to 31 days with length of service. Also – buy/sell holidays up to 5 days per year.
• Paid sabbatical Scheme – accrue up to 2 weeks’ sabbatical over a 2-year period, or 4 weeks’ sabbatical over 3 years.
• Pension – saving for retirement? Let us do the hard work for you. We auto-enrol all eligible colleagues into a workplace pension, and we contribute a minimum of 5% of annual salary.
• Life Assurance – 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.