Job Description
CPP High Court Lawyer
Application Deadline: 9 July 2026
Department: Case Preparation and Presentation
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London, Westfield Avenue
Reporting To: Pete Newman
Compensation: £54,098 - £64,469 / year
About the Team and What We Do
The Case Preparation and Presentation (CPP) team is a multidisciplinary team responsible for preparing and presenting fitness to practise cases referred to the Fitness to Practise Committee, ensuring they are concluded fairly and efficiently. The team also plays a key role in preparing and presenting applications before the High Court. As the NMC’s largest legal team, CPP offers a collaborative and supportive environment where lawyers and paralegals work together to uphold professional standards and protect the public.
Your Role and Impact
As a Lawyer within the CPP team, you will primarily manage and deliver a busy caseload of High Court Interim Order extension applications. Working closely with the High Court Senior Lawyer, you will oversee the preparation, administration and filing of time-sensitive High Court applications, ensuring work is completed accurately and within strict deadlines. You will help maintain a high-performing and well-trained High Court team, collaborate with colleagues across the organisation, and contribute to the seamless delivery of this critical area of regulatory work. Where capacity allows, you will also prepare and present fitness to practise cases across the wider CPP team.
What You'll Bring to the Role
You will be a qualified legal professional holding a UK practising certificate, with experience of High Court proceedings and a strong understanding of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). You will have a proven ability to provide accurate legal advice, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions independently. With excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills, you will be comfortable working under pressure and delivering high-quality work to tight deadlines. You will bring strong attention to detail, professionalism, integrity, and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. Experience in regulatory law, particularly within healthcare regulation, and litigation rights are desirable but not essential
Salary Details
London - £58,022 - £64,469
Edinburgh -£48,658 - £54,064
Please note that this role requires you to review and work with sensitive and distressing material relating to fitness to practice cases and you will be given the appropriate support to deal with this material.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave
- Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
- Life Insurance – 4 x current salary
- Hybrid working
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Perkbox membership
- Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
- Season ticket loans
Additional Information
The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post.
Hybrid Working Policy
We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.
Our Pay Policy
It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request.
For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy.
Reasonable adjustments
We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us.
Screening and vetting
All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.
