Criminal Duty Solicitor

Benefits

• Salary Range: £40-48,000pa dep on exp
• Company pension
• Holidays 20 days plus bank holidays

Our well-established client law firm based in Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire is currently seeking Criminal Duty Solicitors to join their established team in the Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Essex Courts. The successful Duty Solicitors will be managing their own caseload and will be representing clients in a mixture of criminal law matters, where you will be liaising with Courts, CPS, Police, Counsel and any other professional body.

* Ideally the Criminal Duty Solicitor will already be on the rota or due to commence being on there.

• Interviewing and advising clients.
• Undertaking casework managing the case from inception to conclusion.
• Administration of casework and keeping case management system up to date.
• Ensuring that casework is promptly and efficiently billed and sending bills to private clients and claiming interim payments from the Legal Aid Agency whenever appropriate.
• Regular review of cases
• Attending Court (including Saturday Court) to deal with clients.
• Keeping up to date with the changes in law and practice.
• Attending training courses.
• Attending Police Station when required even outside normal hours.
• To hold the 24 hou...