Responsibilities
• Initial report/review
• Case Strategy
• Reviewing matters throughout
• Review and/or report re exchange of evidence, receipt of medical evidence, joints statements or at any other stage
• Counter Schedule
• Pre-Trial reports
• Dealing with Disclosure
• Instructing Counsel/investigators/medical and other experts/surveillance
• Reviewing evidence (eg. Witness statements, GP records, Occupational Health/ Personnel records
• Drafting questions to medical experts
• Drafting in general
• Costs Schedules
• Research
• Preparing/checking Trial Bundles
• Reviewing surveillance
• Attending Conferences and Trial with Counsel
• Negotiations/ Drafting Payments into Court
• Dealing with routine correspondence
• Conducting site inspections and investigations
• Conducting CMCs and applications
• To ensurepliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
Adhere to the Keoghs Values
Working Hours
35 hours per week
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch.
Primary location for this role is Bolton, Parklands Office.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
• Education - a degree is preferable
• Experience of handling both RTA work is preferable.
• Must have a Handling Authority of at least GBP 50k
• Ability to use own initiative
• Ability to plan and prioritise workloads
• Excellent listening and verbalmunication skills
• Good telephone negotiation skills
• Ability to follow work processes and keep to Strategy
• Ability to recognise when sensitivity and tact are required
• Ability to make decisions
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
Good IT skills including Word, Outlook, and experience of a Case Management System preferred
Benefits
1. Davies Incentive Plan
2. 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
3. Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
4. Simply Health Care Cash Plan
5. 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
6. Death in Service
7. Critical Illness Cover
8. PHI/Ie Protection (Private health insurance)
9. Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
10. Employee Resource Groups
11. Employee Volunteering Programme
12. Cycle to Work Scheme*
13. Tech Scheme*
14. Season Ticket Loan*
15. Gym Flex*
16. Access to Online Discount Sites
17. Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
18. Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
19. Discounts at local retail outlets
* after successfullypleting probation Job ID 52e2e9d0-90cd-4c60-abb0-98bf96b9e0a9