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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.
Department: Legal
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 Accountabilities
* 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
* Adhere to the Keoghs Values
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
* 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
Benefits
* Davies Incentive Plan
* 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
* 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 – after 1 years’ service
* 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
*after successfully completing probation
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Legal
* Industries
Law Practice
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