Job Description
Your new firm
Our award-winning client is seeking to expand their Personal Injury team with the addition of two solicitors (NQ-3PQE) to join the military department with a specific focus on military deafness and non-freezing cold injury cases. You will be joining a highly-regarded, friendly team and specialise in bespoke military industrial disease, based out of Cardiff.
Your new role
Your role will involve working within the military department; the department helps military service personnel who need to bring a claim against the Ministry of Defence due to their failure to adequately protect from illness or avoidable injury. The team advise on a full range of areas, including military deafness and cold and heat injuries.
Duties will include:
* taking initial enquiries from clients and drafting witness evidence
* considering and managing a high volume of disclosure of documents
* updating clients on their claim
* dealing with telephone enquiries from clients
* assisting in instructing counsel
* preparation of court documents
* preparation of detailed schedules of loss
* assessing complex medical conditions and consideration of medical issues/ reports
* review of reports from acoustic engineering experts
The successful candidate will be able to proactively manage their own case load with minimal supervision. The role...