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Assistant Lawyer

3 months ago

Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Keoghs Full time

This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with a market leader in catastrophic injury work within the Complex Injury Claims Team dealing with non-delegated catastrophic injury claims including assisting on multi-million pound brain injury, spinal injury, amputation and fatal claims which include EL/PL as well as RTA claims.

Experience of indemnity, liability and complex medical issues is preferred and excellent attention to detail essential. Your work will be supervised and feedback given.
The role also includes the need to engage with sophisticated senior claims handlers in long-standing insurance clients.

In this role you may also be required to assist your Lead Lawyer in activities which enhance and develop Keoghs' profile.


Key Accountabilities

  • As Assistant Lawyer you will work as part of a team progressing each file from receipt of papers from the insurer client to resolution of the claim

The role will include:

  • Working with the Lead Lawyer to manage a caseload of complex injury claims including high value multitrack and catastrophic injury claims involving brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation and fatal claims.
  • Communicating with sophisticated insurer clients, dealing with their queries and updating them as the matter progresses. As you progress in the role, you will learn to draft concise, technical advice on all aspects of catastrophic injury and large loss claims.
  • Forensic analysis of voluminous quantum evidence, preparing chronologies, identifying anomalies and other relevant information across various sources and categories of evidence.
  • Using your existing knowledge of complex injury symptomology to identify relevant issues within medical records in order to instruct medical experts, drawing key issues to their attention.
  • Critical analysis of sources of liability evidence and identifying any gaps.
  • Drafting concise technical advice on all aspects of claim handling to include advice on indemnity, liability, quantum and causation issues and claims resolution for strategy discussion with the Lead Lawyer.
  • Proactively identifying next steps required on matter, discussing those aspects with the Lead Lawyer and taking action as agreed.
  • Interviewing witnesses and drafting statements.
  • Liaising with parties involved in claims including the insured, insurer, witnesses etc.
  • Instructing counsel and attending conferences, JSMs, mediations both remotely and in person.
  • Attend court in person or by telephone, attend trials, settlement conferences etc as required.
  • Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards.
  • Delegate assigned tasks for a Legal Assistant and/or Paralegal and be fully engaged in their development in terms of technical ability and achievement of objectives.
  • Maintaining case managements systems with up to date management information for clients.
  • To ensure compliance with the SRA standards & regulations

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

  • You will already be an exceptional Lawyer, who can work well as part of a team, has excellent attention to detail and client care skills as well as:
  • Be a qualified solicitor, CILEX or have proven relevant legal experience
  • Have experience of indemnity, liability and quantum
  • Have previous experience of cases involving complex medical issues
  • Use critical thinking and quantum analysis when required
  • Have good telephone advocacy skills.
  • Be positive, confident and enthusiastic.
  • Have excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills including the ability to compose professional written communications.
  • Have an understanding of case law and litigation practice and process, and Court Practice Rules.
  • Have the ability to plan and prioritise workloads, keep to deadlines and work under pressure.
Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our five values are at the heart of everything we do;
Keoghs values
We listen, are down to earth and supportive
We work together towards a common goal
We're friendly with a can do attitude
We care about our clients
We evolve

Contract Type

  • Permanent

Area

  • Complex Injury 2

Sub Area

  • Complex Injury Southampton

Office

  • Keoghs Southampton

Closing Date

  • 28 Feb 2023