Paralegal – Construction

Job Purpose

This is an opportunity for a hard-working individual who has an interest in construction law to join a busy construction department in London. Previous experience as a litigation paralegal is welcome but not essential. We are looking for someone who is prepared to work hard and go the extra mile. Previous employees have successfully used experience gained from this role as a springboard to securing training contracts and pupillage.

The Team

Our Construction, Engineering and Procurement team is ranked Tier 4 (Legal 500) for contentious construction. With 40 fee earners, we are a large and highly regarded contentious construction practice that provides pragmatic, straightforward and commercially focused advice on complex construction disputes.

We acted for successful parties in precedent-setting cases of considerable importance to the construction industry, including the most widely discussed judgments of the past year:

• Supreme Court: Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1;
• Court of Appeal: National House Building Council v Peabody Trust [2025] EWCA Civ 932;
• Adjudication enforcement: Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association (unreported).

We act in First-tier Tribunal proceedings concerning remediation orders and remediation contribution orders, and in cases before the Technology and Construction Court. We additionally act on arbitrations, adjudications, and expert determination.

We act for registered providers of social housing (RPs), reflecting the firm’s leading reputation in social housing. We advise RPs on contentious construction matters arising from the development, refurbishment, remediation and maintenance of extensive residential portfolios, often involving complex contractual, technical, and regulatory issues.

We act for all members of the G15 housing associations, London’s largest housing associations, which collectively own or manage more than 850,000 homes across the UK and deliver approximately 15% of all new affordable homes in England. This places us at the forefront of the most significant residential construction and remediation activity in the country. The scale and complexity of these operations generate high-value, intellectually challenging and strategically important construction disputes.

We also have a private sector client base, acting for specialist contractors, construction professionals and property investors.

We maintain a thriving practice advising on disputes involving time and money, final accounts, insolvency, warranty claims and construction defects. Post-Grenfell litigation and Building Safety Act advice forms an integral part of our practice because our clients own significant portfolios of high-rise and new-build residential properties affected by fire safety and structural defects. We are nationally recognised as thought leaders in this area, regularly speaking on specialist panels and contributing to the trade press.

Duties and Responsibilities

Your role will be to assist solicitors in the team and may include any of the following:

• Assisting in case management on a fee earning basis, including diarising key dates and chasing where necessary to meet court/adjudication deadlines;
• Assisting in instructing technical experts and arranging inspections;
• Assisting with enquiries made by clients, barristers and other fee earners, chasing paperwork where necessary;
• Providing clients with progress reports as and when required;
• Assisting in drafting advice to clients on construction disputes including payments, extensions of time, loss and expense, defects and insurance issues;
• Assisting with drafting advice to clients in relation to the application of building and fire safety legislation;
• Assisting our clients with investigations being carried out by regulatory bodies, such as the fire and rescue service;
• Assisting with drafting advice on decarbonisation/sustainability/net zero compliance as well as a having wider awareness of developments in this sector;
• Assisting in drafting submissions for adjudication and arbitration proceedings; and
• Liaising with the court as necessary.

Research Role

• Identifying and reviewing decisions from the courts of England and Wales and (from time-to-time) the courts of international jurisdictions;
• Keeping up to date with relevant announcements from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;
• Keeping updated with new legislation regarding building safety, fire safety and/or the construction of buildings, as well as associated building regulations; and
• Where appropriate, compiling the research into a newsletter for clients and prospective clients.

This is not an exhaustive list and from time to time it may be necessary to vary these to meet the department and business needs.

Person Specification

• A strong academic background to undergraduate level (LPC preferable but not essential);
• Proactive and ability to demonstrate initiative;
• Excellent drafting and communication skills (written and verbal);
• High attention to detail;
• Capable of working within a team and picking up work as required; and
• Capable of managing a varied task list with different fee earners.