Current Vacancies

We’re looking for a proactive and commercially-minded Paralegal to join our Litigation Team, supporting on employment tribunal claims from start to finish.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll be closely involved in shaping cases, from digging into the detail and reviewing evidence, to helping build clear, commercially focused defence strategies for our clients. The role involves:

• Employment tribunal case support – assisting our lawyers with the end‑to‑end management of employment tribunal claims, including preparing case summaries, reviewing pleadings, organising evidence, analysing risks, and identifying opportunities to strengthen the defence strategy.
• Document reviews and drafting – reviewing key documents, employer records and correspondence, identifying key issues, and drafting litigation documents such as ET3 responses, witness statement first drafts, supporting schedules and chronologies.
• Bundle preparation and case management – coordinating and preparing hearing bundles, managing deadlines, supporting compliance with tribunal orders, liaising with counsel, and ensuring all documents are accurate, complete and filed on time.
• Tribunal trends – supporting in preparing straight-talking, clear and practical updates for clients regarding interesting cases, trends and legislation updates.
• Welcoming new clients – supporting our lawyers to embed new clients into our processes, ensuring they understand how we manage tribunal matters and are prepared from day one.

A successful candidate will:

• Have completed an LLB, GDL, LPC or other qualifying law qualification to a standard of at least a 2:1 award or equivalent.
• Have completed an employment law elective or have relevant employment law or litigation experience.

Beyond working with a genuinely great bunch of people, you’ll get to enjoy:

• 25 days’ holiday
• Positive work/life balance
• Flexible place of work
• Competitive salary
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Rewards and discounts platform
• Exciting career progression opportunities

We’re looking for a proactive and highly organised Team Assistant who thrives on helping things run smoothly.

This role is all about making things happen behind the scenes. Our legal teams move quickly, and this role helps make that possible. You’ll support with everything from client onboarding and document preparation to tribunal administration and day-to-day office coordination.

If you enjoy variety, take pride in the details and enjoy being the person who helps keep everything on track, this is a role where you’ll quickly become an essential part of our team.

You’ll be:

• Supporting client onboarding and case administration – drafting letters of engagement and terms of business, opening electronic files and logging activity on the case management system.
• Providing administrative support to the legal teams – including document preparation, reporting tasks (such as monitoring retainer usage) and maintaining accurate records.
• Assisting with Employment Tribunal processes – collating and printing bundles, supporting disclosure exercises and arranging postal delivery where required.
• Supporting financial administration – raising purchase orders, processing disbursements and assisting with invoicing activities.
• Helping keep the office running smoothly – maintaining office supplies within budget, answering incoming calls and responding to general enquiries.
• Coordinating operational and team activities – arranging meetings, booking travel and accommodation, supporting compliance testing (e.g. fire alarms, maintenance) and assisting with onboarding new colleagues and team events.

We’re looking for: 

• Strong administrative experience, ideally gained in a legal or professional services environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft and amend clear, accurate documents.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and ideally familiar with case management systems.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced legal environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, particularly when preparing documents and managing case-related information.
• Professional, discreet and collaborative, comfortable handling confidential information while working both independently and as part of a team.

Beyond working with a genuinely great bunch of people, you’ll get to enjoy:

• 25 days’ holiday
• Positive work/life balance
• Flexible place of work
• Competitive salary
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Rewards and discounts platform
• Exciting career progression opportunities

If you’re looking to be challenged and reward, here’s an overview of what the role involves:

• Advice – managing and owning the delivery of exceptional straight-talking, proactive, solutions-focused advice to clients assigned to you.
• Tribunals – assisting lead lawyers with managing employment tribunal claims on behalf of national and global brands.
• Identifying opportunities – spotting and converting opportunities for ‘best advice’ to your clients with a view to securing the team’s monthly target.
• Solutions-focussed – responsibility for exceeding expectations and delivering great outcomes for our clients.
• Insight – drafting email updates and keeping the team up to date with developments in employment law and practice.
• Relationships – caring personally and developing strong relationships with your assigned clients.
• Team – reporting into and supported by our ‘Head of Legal Team’, Stefan Mars.

Beyond working with a genuinely great bunch of people, you’ll get to enjoy:

• 25 days’ holiday
• Positive work/life balance
• Flexible place of work
• Competitive salary
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Rewards and discounts platform
• Exciting career progression opportunities

If you’re looking to learn, grow and be a key part of our team’s success, here’s an overview of what the role involves:

• Employment law advice – supporting our lawyers by producing advice and guidance for day-to-day client queries and identifying opportunities for best advice.
• Contract reviews and drafting – reviewing client’s employment contracts, identifying areas for improvement and drafting updates.
• Email update creation – drafting email update content on a weekly basis maintaining Halborns’ straight-talking, practical and commercial style.
• Welcoming new clients – working with our lawyers to embed our new clients and ensure they are set up to hit the ground running to receive advice.

A successful candidate will:

• Have completed an LLB, GDL, LPC or other qualifying law qualification to a standard of at least a 2:1 award or equivalent.
• Have completed an employment law elective or have relevant employment law experience.

Beyond working with a genuinely great bunch of people, you’ll get to enjoy:

• 25 days’ holiday
• Positive work/life balance
• Flexible place of work
• Competitive salary
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Rewards and discounts platform
• Exciting career progression opportunities