Assistant Lawyer
Department: Legal
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Bolton
Description
To support a Complex Disease Lawyer to manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes for clients at appropriate levels of profitability. The Assistant will be supporting a Complex Disease Lawyer on a variety of complex disease cases.
Key Responsibilities
* Reviewing documents and preparing reports.
* Dealing with disclosure.
* Reviewing evidence (including medical/personnel records).
* Conducting investigations with Insured/obtaining witness statements.
* Instructing Counsel/Experts
* Research.
* Drafting generally.
* Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel.
* Dealing with routine correspondence.
* Court appointments.
* Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds.
* Ensure adherence to Court timetables
* To ensure compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct 2011.
* Adhere to the Keoghs Values
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
* Technically proficient in dealing with a range of mixed disease cases.
* Effective negotiator.
* Ability to use own initiative.
* Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken.
* Good listening and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail.
* Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
* Ability to work under pressure and to target
* An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
* Good level of IT skills
Job Benefits
* 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
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