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Sellick Partnership is working in close collaboration with HB Public Law to support the recruitment of experienced lawyers across it's Criminal Litigation and Regulatory team. This collaboration brings together strong public sector recruitment expertise and a shared focus on quality, service, and long-term outcomes. By working closely together, you benefit from a targeted approach that attracts candidates with the right technical capability, public law experience, and values to support ongoing service delivery.

HB Public Law is widely recognised as one of the largest shared local authority legal services in the UK. It operates as an established public sector shared service, providing in-house legal support to multiple local authorities across a broad range of practice areas. It is an exciting time to join the organisation, and we would welcome conversations with you if you are interested in exploring any of the current opportunities.

A welcome message from Sarah Wilson

Assistant Director of Legal
and Governance

"HB Public Law is the brand name for a shared local government legal practice hosted by the London Borough of Harrow and providing services to four local authorities. We are proud to be public servants, supporting our clients to deliver best value services and deliver a real difference in our communities. Joining our team means becoming part of a collaborative, forward-thinking environment where your expertise is valued, your growth supported and your work truly matters. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse, meaningful cases that shape lives and strengthen communities."

Sarah Wilson, HB Public Law
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Roles available
190
Employees
109
Qualified lawyers

Current opportunities at HB Public Law

HB Public Law is recruiting into their Criminal Litigation & Regulatory team. There are a number of live roles at junior and senior levels, reflecting continued growth and demand across the service.

These positions offer genuine progression opportunities and play a key role in delivering high-quality, practical advice to public sector clients through collaborative working.

Housing & Civil Litigation

Available roles:

We advise and represent clients in a wide range of housing litigation matters, including insurance work, commercial and contractual disputes, injunctions and judicial reviews.

We are experienced in dealing with housing litigation cases from county court level all the way through to the European Court of Justice. We undertake advocacy in contested trials, committal proceedings, tribunal and criminal courts, and have preferential barrister fees through the London Boroughs Legal Alliance.

We work on possession and related claims due to a wide range of factors including rent arrears, under occupation, illegal occupation, nuisance and criminal activities, and tenancies gained by deception. We also deal with criminal and civil actions to tackle housing fraud.

We advise on homelessness issues such as section 204 Housing Act appeals and defending judicial review claims relating to homelessness. We advise on and seek court injunctions including urgent/same day injunctions and anti-social behaviour injunctions (ASBIs) and orders (ASBOs) and those for unlawful use of premises including obtaining exclusion orders and powers of arrest. We also defend and advise on disrepair claims, including quantum.

We offer bespoke and practical training on all areas of Housing Law, and can also provide an advice surgery for initial queries.

Criminal Litigation & Regulatory

Available roles:

We regularly deal with the prosecution of individuals and businesses for criminal offences including benefit fraud, fly tipping, noise pollution, licensing, health and safety, food hygiene and planning contraventions.

HB Public Law undertakes a wide range of prosecutions and regularly attend court on behalf of clients. We are able to provide advice and assistance for criminal investigations and litigate cases in both the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts.

We have experienced criminal practitioners including solicitors with higher rights to appear in Crown Courts and preferential barrister fees through the London Boroughs Legal Alliance.

We undertake all aspects of regulatory crime, including health and safety at work, food safety and hygiene, pollution, enviro-crime, private sector housing, planning and listed buildings, and trading standards and licensing. We also deal with fraud – such as housing benefit, council tax, tenancy and housing, corporate fraud and applications under the proceeds of crime legislation.

We deal with education such as school attendance orders and prosecutions, and education supervision orders. We deal with appeals such as judicial review, and all aspects relating to publicity which can be very important in litigation cases to deter further offending – we offer advice on communications strategy during investigation and prosecution and following conviction.

We offer training to enforcement and investigation officers, schools and local authority officers and authorised officers and enforcement officers. Training can be tailored to specific clients’ needs.

HB Public Law core values

Client
focused

They deliver efficient services that meet client needs, collaborate to provide combined expertise, share knowledge to strengthen capability, and remain risk aware while focusing on practical, positive outcomes for the organisations they support.

Ambitious and
performance driven

They set and review clear standards to drive improvement, use data to monitor and strengthen performance, approach challenges with purpose, adopt a commercial outlook to manage costs, and encourage innovation and initiative across teams.

Expert
and competent

They value professional expertise and competence, support the development of others, take responsibility for their roles, contribute to wider client goals, promote collaboration, champion diversity, and invest in developing future public sector leaders.

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Your next permanent opportunity awaits. If you're interested in joining
an in-house legal practice that truly values it's employees, get in touch today.

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