Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Plexus Law Full time

**Legal Assistant**

**Leeds**

Plexus Law is a leading defendant law firm that provides innovative, high quality, specialist legal services to insurance companies, corporates, and public sector bodies. Plexus offers clients the full breadth of claims-related legal work, from high volume claims handling through to complex, high value litigation. The firm has over 700 employees and is headquartered in Leeds, with eight additional offices across the UK, in London, Manchester, Evesham, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Chelmsford.

Plexus’s unique technology platform combined with its experienced and proven team of managers and lawyers enables Plexus to deliver an excellent service to its clients, providing critical business information and services to enhance the management of their claims spend.

**Purpose of Role**

Pro-actively manage technical and complex third-party cases in an efficient and effective manner. Resolve disputes and manage litigation to achieve business objectives and meet the defined customer service proposition.

**Key Aspects of the Role**
- Manage own caseload and support more complex cases.
- Work closely with clients to provide technical Advice and risk management.
- Handle and resolve complex technical cases or referrals and/or complaints within own authority limit.
- Comply with SRA Accounts Rules and Rules of the Professional Conduct in accordance with company guidelines.
- Gather and accurately analyse appropriate information to make the best business decision aligning with the total and/or partial resolution of Third Party's needs.
- Pro-actively deal with claimant solicitors to achieve overall key performance objectives

**Skills and Attributes**
- Excellent communication skills
- Client focused
- Innovative and commercially aware
- Strong organizational and time management skills and the ability to work with mínimal supervision.
- Ability to organize and prioritize workload with mínimal supervision
- Work well as part of a team and on own initiative.

**Benefits**
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays for full time employees, pro-rated for part time employees
- 5% employee pension contribution, 3% employer
- Annual pay review (August)
- Death in service 4 x salary
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Cycle to work (at own cost)
- Annual season ticket loan (rail/bus travel)
- Discounted retail, leisure, and education resources


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