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This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with a Lead Lawyer in our Casualty Team dealing with a variety of our more complex and high value cases.
Key Responsibilities
* Working with the Lead Lawyer to manage a caseload of complex injury claims including high value multi-track claims.
* Communicating with insurer clients, dealing with their queries and updating them as the matter progresses.
* Forensic analysis of voluminous quantum evidence, preparing chronologies, identifying anomalies and other relevant information across various sources and categories of evidence.
* Using your existing knowledge of personal injury to identify relevant issues within medical records in order to instruct medical experts, drawing key issues to their attention.
* Critical analysis of sources of liability evidence and identifying any gaps.
* Drafting concise technical advice on all aspects of claim handling to include advice on indemnity, liability, quantum and causation issues and claims resolution for strategy discussion with the Partner.
* Proactively identifying next steps required on matter, discussing those aspects with the Partner and taking action as agreed.
* Interviewing witnesses and drafting statements.
* Liaising with parties involved in claims including the insured, insurer, witnesses etc.
* Drafting pleadings and applications.
* Instructing counsel.
* Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards.
* Delegate assigned tasks for a Paralegal and be fully engaged in their development in terms of technical ability and achievement of objectives.
* Maintaining case management systems with up to date management information for clients.
* To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Experience of liability and quantum essential.
* Experience of personal injury in casualty claims preferred.
* Critical thinking and quantum analysis experience required.
* Good telephone advocacy skills.
* Positive, confident and enthusiastic.
* Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills including the ability to compose professional written communications.
* Good advocacy skills.
* Excellent inter‑personal and client care skills.
* Understanding of case law and litigation practice and process, and Court Practice Rules.
* Ability to plan and prioritise workloads, keep to deadlines and work under pressure.
* Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
* Ability to weigh facts, apply the law and make decisions.
* Ability to anticipate problems and identify solutions.
* Driven to achieve to take development opportunities when they arise with a positive attitude.
* Calm under pressure with the ability to re‑prioritise and delegate effectively when required.
* Confidence to take initiative to innovate and adapt to changing situations.
* Confidence to seek advice and guidance when dealing with new tasks.
* Ability to follow instruction and with attention to detail and to give clear instruction, direction and guidance to more junior members of the team.
* Ability to recognise when sensitivity and tact are required.
* Ability to effectively work within a team.
* Proficient IT skills (Word, Excel and Office).
* Good standard of education – 5 GCSE’s grade C/5 or equivalent including maths and English.
Benefits
* Davies Incentive Plan
* 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
* Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) – will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
* Simply Health Care Cash Plan
* WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
* Death in Service
* Critical Illness Cover
* PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
* Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
* Employee Resource Groups
* Employee Volunteering Programme
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Tech Scheme
* Season Ticket Loan
* Gym Flex
* Access to Online Discount Sites
* Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
* Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
* Discounts at local retail outlets
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Administrative
Industries
Law Practice
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