Criminal Defence Solicitor

ENL Legal · Brighton, East Sussex

Criminal Defence Solicitor at ENL Legal, based in Brighton, East Sussex, paying £70,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.

Salary
£70,000 per annum
Location
Brighton, East Sussex
Contract
Permanent
Posted
22 hours ago
Closes
24 Sep 2026
Sector
Solicitor

Bang in line with the market for solicitor

Reference 215305178

About the role

Criminal Defence Solicitor, 10+ Years' PQE, Brighton, £65,000 DOE. Exceptional opportunity for an established Criminal Defence Solicitor with a demonstrable following to join a growing practice. Job Ref: 5178

• The successful Senior Criminal Defence Solicitor will join as a Senior Associate, with the opportunity to progress to Legal Director within two years, subject to performance, practice development and strong leadership and commercial contribution.

• Managing a complex and varied caseload of privately funded criminal defence matters, together with day to day criminal matters in the Magistrates' Courts.

• Advising and representing clients throughout criminal investigations and proceedings, providing high quality, strategic and commercially focused legal advice.

• Applications are welcomed from experienced Criminal Defence Solicitors with a minimum of 10 Years' PQE and a demonstrable following, together with a proven ability to generate privately funded work.

• You will have substantial experience handling complex criminal matters independently, excellent advocacy and client management skills, and the commercial drive to develop your own practice.

• £65,000 basic salary plus a performance bonus of 10% of personal cash collections exceeding three times basic salary.

• To apply contact Gemma Jones on [phone removed] or email [email removed] with your CV or simply call for a confidential discussion.

eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Reference: 215305178 · Posted 22 hours ago · Closes 24 Sep 2026 · Listed via ENL Legal

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