Kennedys is looking for a Litigation Executive to join our growing motor team. This is an opportunity to join a market leading team in an award winning, international law firm handling your own mixed caseload of fast track and small claims litigated cases, with the opportunity to supervise junior members of the team. The team has a strong presence in the defendant personal injury and motor claims sector.
Team
The teamhandle a broad range of work, including personal injury, credit hire, and complex liability motor claims. Our clients include major insurers, self-insureds, TPAs and commercial organisations.
Required experience
1. Previous experience managing your own caseload of litigated fast track personal injury claims and small claims, preferably arising from road traffic accidents
2. 2 to 5 years' experience or above
3. Familiarity with court procedures and CPR
4. Solid knowledge of the MOJ and OIC processes
5. Experience supervising, mentoring or supporting the development of junior team members
6. Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
7. Excellent communication and client care skills
8. Good IT skills and experience with case management systems
What's on Offer?
9. Join a supportive and inclusive team environment
10. Hybrid working
11. Work with highly experienced Partners. Legal Directors and Senior Associates recognised as market leaders
12. Excellent benefits
*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.
About Kennedys
Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 47 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.
Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.
We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.
What do we have to offer?
We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.
Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.
The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.
We strive to celebrate empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.
Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.