Associate Solicitor

2 days ago


Belfast, United Kingdom Kennedys Full time

We are seeking a talented defendant personal injury solicitor to join our Belfast office, with a strong background in motor, EL/PL, and disease experience. Our team advises on a wide range of defendant product liability, EL/PL/Motor, clinical, marine, catastrophic, and reinsurance matters, as well as professional negligence for national and international insurers.

Kennedys has a hybrid working policy, offering a great balance of remote work and office time. Our Belfast office is the only pure litigation practice in the jurisdiction, focusing on the insurance industry and advising on coverage, defence, and recovery matters.

We provide expert advice on regulatory matters, defend clients in health and safety prosecutions, and appear at coronial inquiries. Our team defends liability actions, from catastrophic claims to everyday employers' and public liability, and road traffic accident claims.

We offer expert advice on professional negligence matters within financial services, construction, healthcare, real estate, and insurance, as well as employment law.

Cases

  • We act for insurers on a full range of claims and advise on coverage issues arising in personal injury matters.
  • We provide coverage and claims defence to both international and domestic insurers and their insureds.
  • We advise on professional liability, financial institutions' liability, and directors & officers liability.

Required Experience

  • 0-3 years' Northern Irish qualified lawyer with insurance law experience.
  • To be proactive and take initiative.
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Ability to manage own time, excellent organisation skills.
  • Strong technical and research skills.
  • Exceptional attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage a busy caseload of low to medium value claims and work with senior solicitors on high value claims.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. We have over 2,500 people worldwide across 45 offices, with some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

We handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, providing a range of specialist legal services for many industry sectors, with particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, bringing challenging new perspectives to the table and empowering our clients with diverse ideas, tools, and technology to make their lives easier.

What We Offer

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates, and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are, and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive, and distinctive.

At Kennedys, we develop careers in an innovative global environment, with exciting, fast-paced, and varied work. We believe that supporting individual growth and development puts us in the best position to attract and retain talented individuals.

We strive to celebrate and empower our people, ensuring everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work, and trust, where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible.



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