Head of Legal and Enforcement
UK Regulators' Network
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: London
Contract type: Full time
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Solicitors Regulation Authority, https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/jobs/careers/
Requirements of the role
We have an exciting opportunity for senior lawyers to join our legal team as a Head of Legal and Enforcement.
What is in it for you?
The Legal and Enforcement team deals with contentious matters before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the High Court. It also gives advice and case direction internally on a range of issues to our investigation and other regulatory teams. Reporting into the Director, you will lead a team of up to 15 legal professionals and work collaboratively with other Heads of Legal and Enforcement to deliver high quality casework in a contentious regulatory environment.
With oversight of highly complex and high-profile investigations and prosecutions, you will be accountable for cases, ensuring cases are investigated and progressed effectively and that decisions and outcomes are achieved in the public interest and in line with the SRA’s Enforcement Strategy. You will achieve this through handling and overseeing cases as well as providing and overseeing case direction to regulatory teams across the SRA.
You will lead and support teams of lawyers and investigators to make consistent and appropriate decisions, by sharing your expertise to promote a high-performance culture. You will demonstrate your ability to quickly analyse and absorb information, focusing on the salient facts and issues, weighing evidence and issues to reach timely, fair, clear and reasoned judgments.
As a proactive communicator, you will appreciate the benefit of collaboration, with both internal and external stakeholders. Externally, you could be involved in presenting at stakeholder meetings, seminars and conferences. Internally you will be providing legal advice and expertise both orally and in writing as well as presenting papers and presentations to committees, boards, and staff. You will exercise your sound judgment by identifying and responding to legal, practical and policy risks, demonstrating an understanding of sensitive issues and escalating appropriately and effectively.
To succeed in this role, you will need superb organisational skills and be able to comfortably and effectively manage your own time and that of others. As a credible people leader, you will be familiar with managing a team to handle cases in a KPI driven operational environment.
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Location
Birmingham, Cardiff, London
Contract type
Full time, Permanent
Profession
Enforcement, Head of, Legal
Working pattern
Flexible working, Hybrid
Closing Date
20/10/2025
Solicitors Regulation Authority, https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/jobs/careers/
Requirements of the role
We have an exciting opportunity for senior lawyers to join our legal team as a Head of Legal and Enforcement.
What is in it for you?
- Work for a cutting-edge legal regulator at an exciting time; developing our regulatory approach through work on novel and high-profile cases
- Lead a team of legal professionals to deliver high quality legal advice and casework, ensuring outcomes that meet the public interest
- Play a key part in developing and maintaining high standards of decision-making and case progression across the SRA
- Demonstrate your expert professional judgment and legal knowledge through personal conduct of the most serious and complex cases
The Legal and Enforcement team deals with contentious matters before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the High Court. It also gives advice and case direction internally on a range of issues to our investigation and other regulatory teams. Reporting into the Director, you will lead a team of up to 15 legal professionals and work collaboratively with other Heads of Legal and Enforcement to deliver high quality casework in a contentious regulatory environment.
With oversight of highly complex and high-profile investigations and prosecutions, you will be accountable for cases, ensuring cases are investigated and progressed effectively and that decisions and outcomes are achieved in the public interest and in line with the SRA’s Enforcement Strategy. You will achieve this through handling and overseeing cases as well as providing and overseeing case direction to regulatory teams across the SRA.
You will lead and support teams of lawyers and investigators to make consistent and appropriate decisions, by sharing your expertise to promote a high-performance culture. You will demonstrate your ability to quickly analyse and absorb information, focusing on the salient facts and issues, weighing evidence and issues to reach timely, fair, clear and reasoned judgments.
As a proactive communicator, you will appreciate the benefit of collaboration, with both internal and external stakeholders. Externally, you could be involved in presenting at stakeholder meetings, seminars and conferences. Internally you will be providing legal advice and expertise both orally and in writing as well as presenting papers and presentations to committees, boards, and staff. You will exercise your sound judgment by identifying and responding to legal, practical and policy risks, demonstrating an understanding of sensitive issues and escalating appropriately and effectively.
To succeed in this role, you will need superb organisational skills and be able to comfortably and effectively manage your own time and that of others. As a credible people leader, you will be familiar with managing a team to handle cases in a KPI driven operational environment.
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Location
Birmingham, Cardiff, London
Contract type
Full time, Permanent
Profession
Enforcement, Head of, Legal
Working pattern
Flexible working, Hybrid
Closing Date
20/10/2025
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