Job Description
This role offers an excellent development opportunity to work in the Legacy Employment Team undertaking both short-tail disease claims, supporting a partner on primarily stress claims and discrimination claims, in addition to Employment Tribunal claims and employment law advisory work. You will be working with a recognized market leader in Disease and Employment Law assisting on, multi-party, highly sensitive/high profile cases. Aside from technical excellence, experience of stress claims, discrimination law, employment law is preferred. The role also includes the need to interface with sophisticated senior claims handlers in long-standing insurance clients, senior figures at insured and corporate clients and responsibility for enhancing and developing Keoghs profile.
Key Responsibilities
* Assisting partner on a mixed caseload of complex stress, discrimination and employment law claims with a view to handling own caseload
* Collating and reviewing documents, taking witness statements, drafting pleadings, instructing Counsel/experts, preparing bundles
* Advising clients on all aspects of claim handling (with partner support) to include advice on indemnity, liability and quantum issues and claims resolution strategy.
* Make full use of the firm’s Case Management System in progressing files from receipt to closure.
* Attend hearings in person or by telephone, attend final hearings, settlement conferences etc. as required
* As required, delegate appropriate work to team members
* Completing and updating MI
* Achieving a chargeable target
The above is not a definitive list of possible work that may be provided.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
* Experience of claims handling or experience of assisting on disease or employment claims
* Understanding of the litigation process
* Ability to work with and take instructions from a Partner
* Motivated to develop as a file handler
* Ability to work to targets and deadlines
* Attention to detail
* Willingness to adhere to Keoghs Values
Job 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