Catastrophic Injury / Large Loss Fee Earner - Solicitor or Legal Executive - £1m+ matters Catastrophic Injury Solicitor or Legal Executive - Liverpool Join an award-winning catastrophic injury and large loss team within a major insurance litigation firm in Liverpool. This role offers the opportunity to work directly with a Partner, advising key clients of the firm on high-value injury cases predominantly arising from Employers' Liability (EL) and Public Liability (PL), with some Road Traffic Accident (RTA) matters. Overview Job Title: Solicitor or Legal Executive Location: Liverpool Salary: to £50,000 Work pattern: hybrid / remote working - 1 day in office / 4 days WFH - will consider 4 days per week as well as full-time Reports to: Partner Expertise: Candidates should demonstrate defendant insurance experience though claimant experience will potentially be considered, depending on the candidate. Responsibilities Interview witnesses, draft statements, and prepare court documents including pleadings and applications. Instruct counsel and attend conferences, Joint Settlement Meetings (JSMs), and mediations. Manage a varied caseload of complex EL/PL cases, including brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, and fatal claims. Build and maintain relationships with insurer clients. Assist the Partner in drafting technical advice covering analysis on reserves, indemnity, liability, quantum, and causation issues. Attend court proceedings in person or via telephone as required. Delegate tasks to Paralegals and assist in their technical development. Requirements Solid experience in complex injury or technical multi-track work. Defendant insurance experience preferred, but claimant experience will be considered. Strong team player with the ability to develop and maintain relationships. Technical excellence coupled with commercial acumen. Career Progression Benefit from a clear and transparent career progression framework designed to advance candidates through achievable milestones. Gain insight into your role's future at the firm during the interview process. If you're a developing catastrophic injury lawyer seeking to work alongside industry leaders, don't hesitate to apply. JBRP1_UKTJ
May 01, 2024
Full time
Catastrophic Injury / Large Loss Fee Earner - Solicitor or Legal Executive - £1m+ matters Catastrophic Injury Solicitor or Legal Executive - Liverpool Join an award-winning catastrophic injury and large loss team within a major insurance litigation firm in Liverpool. This role offers the opportunity to work directly with a Partner, advising key clients of the firm on high-value injury cases predominantly arising from Employers' Liability (EL) and Public Liability (PL), with some Road Traffic Accident (RTA) matters. Overview Job Title: Solicitor or Legal Executive Location: Liverpool Salary: to £50,000 Work pattern: hybrid / remote working - 1 day in office / 4 days WFH - will consider 4 days per week as well as full-time Reports to: Partner Expertise: Candidates should demonstrate defendant insurance experience though claimant experience will potentially be considered, depending on the candidate. Responsibilities Interview witnesses, draft statements, and prepare court documents including pleadings and applications. Instruct counsel and attend conferences, Joint Settlement Meetings (JSMs), and mediations. Manage a varied caseload of complex EL/PL cases, including brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, and fatal claims. Build and maintain relationships with insurer clients. Assist the Partner in drafting technical advice covering analysis on reserves, indemnity, liability, quantum, and causation issues. Attend court proceedings in person or via telephone as required. Delegate tasks to Paralegals and assist in their technical development. Requirements Solid experience in complex injury or technical multi-track work. Defendant insurance experience preferred, but claimant experience will be considered. Strong team player with the ability to develop and maintain relationships. Technical excellence coupled with commercial acumen. Career Progression Benefit from a clear and transparent career progression framework designed to advance candidates through achievable milestones. Gain insight into your role's future at the firm during the interview process. If you're a developing catastrophic injury lawyer seeking to work alongside industry leaders, don't hesitate to apply. JBRP1_UKTJ
Job Title: Employers Liability Lawyer Location: Sharston Salary: A basic salary up to £50,000 depending on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears. Job type: Full time, Permanent Express Solicitors are currently ranked 80 out of more than 10,000 law firms in the UK and ranked in the top ten for the Best Law Firm to work for in the UK by Best Companies. We have a 5-star rated with Trust Pilot from over 5,500 reviews, which, coming from our clients, means a lot to us. The Role: We are currently looking for a lawyer to join our Employers Liability department. We would expect the successful candidates to be qualified or alternatively qualified by experience. Tenacity, ability, and enthusiasm are more important than qualification. The role will be to manage your own caseload of predominately pre and post issue fast track employer's liability cases. For candidates we offer strong supervision channels, excellent training including away days, chance to join a highly ambitious and growing firm. We have high quality non-CMC work and a positive working environment. We also have a roof garden with table tennis, as an addition to our strong range of employee benefits, more details below. Personal Specification: Proven billing track record of handling a litigated caseload. Genuine tenacity. A focus on advancing cases to and through litigation to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients. Ability to handle EL fast-track cases. Although predominately a non-portal caseload - the successful candidate must have experience of the portal. Knowledge of the civil procedure rules, precedent, trends in litigation, and an ability and willingness to utilise the same to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients. Demonstrable experience of dealing with litigated files from inception, through applications and challenges, to trial / disposal hearing. Knowledge of Proclaim case management system. Demonstrable willingness to take the more difficult course and to ignore the easy option, to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients. Salary, Hours & Benefits A basic salary up to £50,000 depending on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears. Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday. There is a degree of flexibility which can be discussed at interview. 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation. 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days. 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service Extra day's holiday for your birthday after 2 years' service. Private medical insurance available after 2 years' service Attending fee earner meetings and training sessions (every other month) Death in Service - 2 x salary Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget. Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion. Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more. Enhanced Maternity Leave payment if you have over 1 year tenure Other benefits including Employee Assistance Programme, free fruit & annual flu jab. Next steps: Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning. At Express Solicitors we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all. Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all. By applying for this vacancy, you are giving us consent for to process your data in line with our Privacy Policy, full details of which can be found on our company website. If this sounds exciting to you, then we would love to hear from you! Please click on the APPLY button to submit your CV and Cover Letter for this role. Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Solicitor, Lawyer, Legal Advisor, Legal Counsel, Corporate Lawyer, Corporate Solicitor, Legal Executive, Employers Liability Lawyer, Employers Liability Law, Corporate Law may also be considered for this role. JBRP1_UKTJ
May 01, 2024
Full time
Job Title: Employers Liability Lawyer Location: Sharston Salary: A basic salary up to £50,000 depending on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears. Job type: Full time, Permanent Express Solicitors are currently ranked 80 out of more than 10,000 law firms in the UK and ranked in the top ten for the Best Law Firm to work for in the UK by Best Companies. We have a 5-star rated with Trust Pilot from over 5,500 reviews, which, coming from our clients, means a lot to us. The Role: We are currently looking for a lawyer to join our Employers Liability department. We would expect the successful candidates to be qualified or alternatively qualified by experience. Tenacity, ability, and enthusiasm are more important than qualification. The role will be to manage your own caseload of predominately pre and post issue fast track employer's liability cases. For candidates we offer strong supervision channels, excellent training including away days, chance to join a highly ambitious and growing firm. We have high quality non-CMC work and a positive working environment. We also have a roof garden with table tennis, as an addition to our strong range of employee benefits, more details below. Personal Specification: Proven billing track record of handling a litigated caseload. Genuine tenacity. A focus on advancing cases to and through litigation to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients. Ability to handle EL fast-track cases. Although predominately a non-portal caseload - the successful candidate must have experience of the portal. Knowledge of the civil procedure rules, precedent, trends in litigation, and an ability and willingness to utilise the same to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients. Demonstrable experience of dealing with litigated files from inception, through applications and challenges, to trial / disposal hearing. Knowledge of Proclaim case management system. Demonstrable willingness to take the more difficult course and to ignore the easy option, to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients. Salary, Hours & Benefits A basic salary up to £50,000 depending on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears. Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday. There is a degree of flexibility which can be discussed at interview. 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation. 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days. 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service Extra day's holiday for your birthday after 2 years' service. Private medical insurance available after 2 years' service Attending fee earner meetings and training sessions (every other month) Death in Service - 2 x salary Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget. Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion. Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more. Enhanced Maternity Leave payment if you have over 1 year tenure Other benefits including Employee Assistance Programme, free fruit & annual flu jab. Next steps: Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning. At Express Solicitors we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all. Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all. By applying for this vacancy, you are giving us consent for to process your data in line with our Privacy Policy, full details of which can be found on our company website. If this sounds exciting to you, then we would love to hear from you! Please click on the APPLY button to submit your CV and Cover Letter for this role. Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Solicitor, Lawyer, Legal Advisor, Legal Counsel, Corporate Lawyer, Corporate Solicitor, Legal Executive, Employers Liability Lawyer, Employers Liability Law, Corporate Law may also be considered for this role. JBRP1_UKTJ
Job Title: Employers Liability Lawyer Location: Sharston Salary: A basic salary up to £50,000 depending on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears. Job type: Full time, Permanent Express Solicitors are currently ranked 80 out of more than 10,000 law firms in the UK and ranked in the top ten for the Best Law Firm to work for in the UK by Best Companies click apply for full job details
Apr 27, 2024
Full time
Job Title: Employers Liability Lawyer Location: Sharston Salary: A basic salary up to £50,000 depending on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears. Job type: Full time, Permanent Express Solicitors are currently ranked 80 out of more than 10,000 law firms in the UK and ranked in the top ten for the Best Law Firm to work for in the UK by Best Companies click apply for full job details
The Department Our Public Sector team is one of the largest in the UK, with extensive experience working with local authorities, local authority consortia, police forces, fire authorities and NHS Trusts. Our lawyers have hands-on experience of working in local government and the public sector. Our approach is focused on solving our client's legal problems as quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. We are brand leaders in defendant litigation services for local and public authorities, with in-depth expertise in all types of claims including motor, public liability and employers' liability. We have considerable experience in handling sensitive and/or high profile claims, such as bullying, failure to educate and abuse, and are equally skilled in handling the media attention that these cases sometimes attract. Our specialist practitioners act exclusively for the police service, representing a diverse range of forces across England and Wales. As the largest dedicated police legal team in the country our lawyers have been involved in some of the most high profile and significant cases involving the police service over the last 15 years. The role We are currently recruiting for a Solicitor - 4 YRS PQE. To advise, prepare and present cases in court including Sexual Harm Prevention Order, Sexual Risk Orders, Anti-Social Behaviour injunctions, closure orders, Domestic Violence Protection Orders, and Stalking Protection Orders. To effectively manage a large caseload of non-litigated and litigated police claims and to provide support in the form of assisting in the preparation of witness statements, preparing witnesses for trial, attending conferences with counsel and attending trial. Key Duties and Responsibilities Specialise in acting on behalf of various police forces, claims handlers and insurers, protecting their interests Manage a caseload of non-litigated and litigated claims including but not limited to property damage, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, assault, employers liability and motor claims Present cases in the Magistrates court Represent police forces and advocate in disclosure applications to the Family court Provide face to face training to groups of police officers Assist the TM and other team members with their cases, client development, client training, networking and potentially public speaking where required Liaise with various parties such as other solicitors, insurers, experts, counsel and clients Control Case Manager diary and action lists Attend at court hearings as appropriate Draft various documents such as letters and reports Satisfy standards of client care in accordance with guidelines and directions Complete Client MI procedures Achieve set financial and chargeable targets Comply with relevant rules, policies and procedures Keep up to date with legal developments Work in accordance with Weightmans' values This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role. The person specification For the NQ role 0 - 4 YR PQE is essential For the Associate role 5 YR PQE is essential Preferably experience of defending litigated claims but candidates who have Claimant litigation experience will also considered Willingness to present cases in the magistrates court Excellent knowledge of the CPR and litigation Ability to influence a broad range of people including key decision makers Excellent organisation skills Excellent time management skills Excellent communication skills Excellent IT skills Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets Ability to work as part of a team or on own initiative Flexible approach to work and a willingness to travel
Feb 23, 2022
Full time
The Department Our Public Sector team is one of the largest in the UK, with extensive experience working with local authorities, local authority consortia, police forces, fire authorities and NHS Trusts. Our lawyers have hands-on experience of working in local government and the public sector. Our approach is focused on solving our client's legal problems as quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. We are brand leaders in defendant litigation services for local and public authorities, with in-depth expertise in all types of claims including motor, public liability and employers' liability. We have considerable experience in handling sensitive and/or high profile claims, such as bullying, failure to educate and abuse, and are equally skilled in handling the media attention that these cases sometimes attract. Our specialist practitioners act exclusively for the police service, representing a diverse range of forces across England and Wales. As the largest dedicated police legal team in the country our lawyers have been involved in some of the most high profile and significant cases involving the police service over the last 15 years. The role We are currently recruiting for a Solicitor - 4 YRS PQE. To advise, prepare and present cases in court including Sexual Harm Prevention Order, Sexual Risk Orders, Anti-Social Behaviour injunctions, closure orders, Domestic Violence Protection Orders, and Stalking Protection Orders. To effectively manage a large caseload of non-litigated and litigated police claims and to provide support in the form of assisting in the preparation of witness statements, preparing witnesses for trial, attending conferences with counsel and attending trial. Key Duties and Responsibilities Specialise in acting on behalf of various police forces, claims handlers and insurers, protecting their interests Manage a caseload of non-litigated and litigated claims including but not limited to property damage, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, assault, employers liability and motor claims Present cases in the Magistrates court Represent police forces and advocate in disclosure applications to the Family court Provide face to face training to groups of police officers Assist the TM and other team members with their cases, client development, client training, networking and potentially public speaking where required Liaise with various parties such as other solicitors, insurers, experts, counsel and clients Control Case Manager diary and action lists Attend at court hearings as appropriate Draft various documents such as letters and reports Satisfy standards of client care in accordance with guidelines and directions Complete Client MI procedures Achieve set financial and chargeable targets Comply with relevant rules, policies and procedures Keep up to date with legal developments Work in accordance with Weightmans' values This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role. The person specification For the NQ role 0 - 4 YR PQE is essential For the Associate role 5 YR PQE is essential Preferably experience of defending litigated claims but candidates who have Claimant litigation experience will also considered Willingness to present cases in the magistrates court Excellent knowledge of the CPR and litigation Ability to influence a broad range of people including key decision makers Excellent organisation skills Excellent time management skills Excellent communication skills Excellent IT skills Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets Ability to work as part of a team or on own initiative Flexible approach to work and a willingness to travel