Senior Associate - Advisory

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 March 2026
LOCATION
Leeds
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Legal
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SKILLS

Advocacy Healthcare Law Legal Advice Litigation Mental Health Law Public Law Governance Patient Safety

FULL DESCRIPTION

Senior Associate - Advisory

Leeds

Hybrid Working

The Division

The Advisory Division helps our health and social care clients across a wide range of issues, including:

  • Inquests
  • Litigation: including Court of Protection, judicial review and mental health tribunal matters
  • Mental Health and Mental Capacity law, to include Deprivation of Liberty
  • Public law, advising commissioning and service provider organisations on governance, powers and responsibilities, as well as funding and treatment decision making.
  • Governance and patient safety investigations
  • CQC and related health care regulation
  • Confidentiality
  • Information law (DPA/FOIA)

The Role and Responsibilties

The firm is looking to expand its existing Advisory team and seeks a self-motivated and ambitious solicitor, solicitor advocate or barrister to join us. This role will involve supervising and supporting a team of junior lawyers, advising clients on the above issues, working alongside a national team of leading lawyers and supportive colleagues. The work includes dealing with some of the most important and politically sensitive cases for the NHS.

Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will have demonstrable advisory experience including advocacy or an appetite to develop advocacy skills, preferably within a leading healthcare law practice. The successful candidate will therefore need to be a confident lawyer who is self-motivated and able to develop the skills to work with very senior NHS management.

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is an inclusive employer

At [Employer hidden] we value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment where everyone is able to be themselves and reach their full potential. [Employer hidden] is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and therefore we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, background, culture, ethnicity, race, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, religion and beliefs.

We will make reasonable adjustments to our application and interview process to ensure that you have the best chance of success. We understand that there's not a "one size fits all" approach to adjustments so our team will work with you individually to understand more about your requirements.

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