Kennedys is continuing its successful expansion, and as part of this exciting growth period our Motor team is looking for Assistant Litigation Handler.
Are you looking to launch your career in litigation and gain hands-on legal experience from day one? Our Credit Hire team are seeking enthusiastic and ambitious Assistant Litigation Handler to support experienced colleagues with a range of both pre-litigated and litigated Motor files.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work within an experienced, supportive team, on Credit Hire and Personal Injury cases, developing the essential technical skills needed to progress within litigation into handling your own caseload in the future.
We'll give you structured training, personal mentoring, and plenty of responsibility early on, so you can grow quickly in a supportive and collaborative environment.
What You'll Do
1. Support file handlers with managing Credit Hire claims (SCT and FTC)
2. Assisting with drafting correspondence and court documents
3. Liaise directly with clients, third parties, and other stakeholders
4. Maintain accurate case records up to date and provide essential administrative team support
5. Gain exposure to negotiations and settlement strategies
Required experience
6. No previous claims or litigation experience required – just a genuine interest in law
7. Legal work experience (vacation schemes, volunteering, placements) would be advantageous but not essential
8. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
9. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
10. Enthusiasm, ambition, and a willingness to learn
11. Keen interest in developing a career in litigation and Credit Hire
Why Join Us?
12. Work closely with experienced litigators and leading motor insurers
13. Be part of a friendly, ambitious team in Manchester or Birmingham
14. Get exposure to client contact, negotiations, settlement strategies and the litigation process
15. Access a clear career pathway with development opportunities into a Litigation Handler role
This role is ideal for emerging talent looking to develop in litigation. At Kennedys, you'll benefit from structured technical training, hands-on experience, and the opportunity to progress within a supportive and growing team. You'll be part of a firm with a strong reputation in motor and insurance litigation, gaining exposure to an exciting client base and a clear career development pathway.
This role is perfect for recent graduates, early-career legal professionals, or anyone eager to take their first real step into litigation.
Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.
*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.