Description
Experienced in personal injury or litigation and looking for your next step? Join our Multi-Track Accident team as an Assistant Lawyer, based in Nottingham.
We are keen to attract candidates with fee earning experience who are confident managing or assisting on a caseload and are looking to further develop their expertise within a supportive team environment. Qualification as a solicitor is desirable but not essential.
The role...
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Lawyer to join our Multi-Track Accident team in Nottingham.
The successful candidate will support on a varied caseload of multi-track personal injury matters while also managing their own files. This will initially focus on intermediate, non-issued cases, with a view to progressing to issued matters over time as experience develops. Appropriate supervision and support will be provided throughout.
The role will involve assisting on existing complex cases as well as taking responsibility for progressing your own caseload. You will gain exposure across the full lifecycle of personal injury claims, from initial instruction through to resolution, and play an active role within a busy and supportive team.
Who we are looking for....
We are keen to hear from candidates with fee earning experience in personal injury or a similar litigation environment. Qualification as a solicitor is desirable but not essential.
You should be able to demonstrate experience of managing your own caseload or assisting on litigated matters, along with a solid understanding of the litigation process. Experience handling fast track or intermediate track personal injury claims would be beneficial.
Strong organisational skills, the ability to meet deadlines, and confidence using case management systems are important. As the role involves regular client contact, a professional and empathetic approach to client care is essential.
This position will suit someone with relevant fee earning experience who is looking to continue developing their technical skills and take on greater responsibility within a structured and supportive team environment.
What we offer you...
* Contributory pension scheme
* Permanent health insurance
* Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash)
* Life assurance
* 23 days annual leave (in addition to bank holidays)
* 5 days additional leave over Christmas
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
* Cycle to work scheme
* Subsidised sports and social club
* Annual travel and parking loans
* Financial assistance for professional development
For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.
Thompsons ran:
• the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937
• the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972
• the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK (1988) and later in Europe (1993)
• the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016
• hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson (2017) and behalf of those injured by mesh (2019).
Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 18 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.
Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change.
We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won’t let up in its quest for fairness.
Visit www.thompsons.law or call 0800 0 224 224
Thompsons Solicitors is a trading name of Thompsons Solicitors LLP.