{"id":84757,"date":"2017-09-25T16:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T16:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=de230c2412e1c1b4a960e49e0a064e20"},"modified":"2017-09-25T16:56:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T16:56:58","slug":"news-story-apply-to-the-attorney-generals-civil-panel-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=84757","title":{"rendered":"News story: Apply to the Attorney General\u2019s Civil Panel Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The competition to refresh the London C panel is now open.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the C panel will be expected to have at least 2 years\u2019 experience in actual practice (from end of second 6 months\u2019 pupillage for barristers or date of commencement of advocacy for solicitors).<\/p>\n<p>Appointments will be for 5 years. Those appointed to the C panel will often provide (but not exclusively) the A and B panel members of the future and so should have the potential to join the A panel.<\/p>\n<p>There are vacancies on the panel in all areas of public and private law. The Attorney General is particularly looking to deepen capacity in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>admiralty\/shipping<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>charities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>trusts and wills<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>children\u2019s services law<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>contractual\/commercial<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>competition<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>construction<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>corporate<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>costs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>direct and indirect tax<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>education<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>IT<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>insolvency<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>private international<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>intellectual property<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>land<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>planning and environmental<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>public procurement<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"application\">Application<\/h2>\n<p>For details about the eligibility requirements and the application process, read the <span id=\"attachment_2302092\" class=\"attachment-inline\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/647068\/London-C-Panel-Information-Sheet.pdf\">Junior Counsel to the Crown The Attorney General\u2019s London Panels Information for applicants 2017<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">79KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">9 pages<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>To apply, you must first email <a href=\"mailto:PanelCounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk\">PanelCounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk<\/a> and register an interest.  Please note that registering an interest does not commit you to making an application if you later decide not to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have registered, you will be given a link to access our online portal and download the application pack.<\/p>\n<p>Completed applications must be submitted by midday on Tuesday 31 October 2017.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"further-information-and-mentoring\">Further information and mentoring<\/h2>\n<p>If you have any queries, contact the Government Legal Department Panel Counsel team via email <a href=\"mailto:panelcounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk\">panelcounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk<\/a> or on 020 7210 1506.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage applications from a wide range of those eligible to apply. Therefore we will put advocates who want to discuss the application process for the C Panel in touch with an established Panel member as a mentor. The mentor will discuss the application process, the eligibility criteria and the presentation of relevant information on the application form either by telephone or in person.<\/p>\n<p>If you are considering applying and want a mentor, please contact the Government Legal Department Panel Counsel team, via email <a href=\"mailto:anna.rickard@governmentlegal.gov.uk\">anna.rickard@governmentlegal.gov.uk<\/a>  before 5pm on 6 October 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are invited from advocates interested in joining the London C Panel to undertake civil and EU work for government departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}