Paralegal

**Your new company**This is an exciting opportunity to join the defendant litigation team of a leading international law firm. They are currently seeking a litigation paralegal to join their fantastic Motor team in Belfast.
**Your new role**The defendant litigation team advises insurers and corporate clients in the defence of claims of all values, types and complexity. The purpose of this paralegal role is to run and assist with a case load of motor injury, credit hire and damage cases.
- Running and assisting with a varied case load of pre-litigation and litigated work with the appropriate levels of supervision. These will include cases where liability is disputed and will also include attending Court / Counsel.
- Support marketing and business development activity within the team e.g. attending marketing events and client training
- Assume responsibility for quality control and benchmark compliance on own caseload, including accuracy and timeliness of management reporting and information.
- Maintain an awareness of firm's procedures and strategies
- Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications
- Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols

**What you'll need to succeed**This firm is looking for an enthusiastic individual interested in developing a career within defendant litigation alongside:

- A great academic background including a degree in law
- Ideally at least 1 year of litigation experience within a law firm and the ability to adopt a commercial perspective to legal issues with a concern for quality of service
- The ability to review and analyse both factual and documentary evidence and maintain record
- Great organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload
- Detail conscious and able to produce work to a high standard
- A passion for building strong client and working relationships and confident communicator who can communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written form

**What you'll get in return**In return, not only will you receive a competitive salary plus fantastic benefits, but you will also get the opportunity to work for a firm with leading sector knowledge globally. This opportunity has fantastic scope for progression and the chance to undertakequality and rewarding work for top solicitors with a wide client base.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.