Assistant Community Solicitor

1 day ago

Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Keoghs Full time
Job Title: Assistant Community Solicitor

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Complex Injury Claims Team at Keoghs, a leading law firm. As an Assistant Community Solicitor, you will play a key role in handling large loss claims, working closely with our lead lawyers to manage complex, high-value multi-track and catastrophic injury claims.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage a caseload of complex injury claims, including high-value multi-track and catastrophic injury claims involving brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, and fatal claims.
  • Communicate with sophisticated insurer clients, dealing with their queries and updating them as the matter progresses.
  • Conduct forensic analysis of voluminous quantum evidence, preparing chronologies, identifying anomalies, and other relevant information across various sources and categories of evidence.
  • Use your existing knowledge of complex injury symptomology to identify relevant issues within medical records, instructing medical experts, and drawing key issues to their attention.
  • Critically analyze sources of liability evidence and identify any gaps.
  • Draft concise technical advice on all aspects of claim handling, including advice on indemnity, liability, quantum, and causation issues, and claims resolution for strategy discussion with the Lead Lawyer.
  • Proactively identify next steps required on matters, discuss those aspects with the Lead Lawyer, and take action as agreed.
  • Interview witnesses and draft statements.
  • Liaise with parties involved in claims, including the insured, insurer, witnesses, etc.
  • Draft pleadings and applications.
  • Instruct counsel and attend conferences, JSMs, mediations, both remotely and in person.
  • Attend court in person or by telephone, attend trials, settlement conferences, etc., as required.
  • Deliver 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.
  • Maintain case management systems with up to-date management information for clients.
  • Ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations.
Requirements:
  • Qualified solicitor, CILEX, or proven relevant legal experience is essential.
  • Experience of indemnity, liability, and quantum is essential.
  • Experience of cases involving complex medical issues is preferred.
  • Critical thinking and quantum analysis experience is required.
  • Good telephone advocacy skills.
  • Positive, confident, and enthusiastic.
  • Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to compose professional written communications.
  • Good advocacy skills.
  • Excellent inter-personal and client care skills.
  • Understanding of case law and litigation practice and process, and Court Practice Rules.
  • Ability to plan and prioritize workloads, keep to deadlines, and work under pressure.
  • Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to weigh facts, apply the law, and make decisions.
  • Ability to anticipate problems and identify solutions.
  • Driven to achieve, take development opportunities when they arise, with a positive attitude.
  • Calm under pressure, with the ability to re-prioritize and delegate effectively when required.
  • Confidence to take initiative to innovate and adapt to changing situations.
  • Confidence to seek advice and guidance when dealing with new tasks.
  • Ability to follow instruction and with attention to detail, and to give clear instruction, direction, and guidance to more junior members of the team.
  • Ability to recognize when sensitivity and tact are required.
  • Ability to effectively work within a team.
  • Proficient IT skills (Word, Excel, and Office).
  • Good standard of education – 5 GCSEs grade C/5 or equivalent, including maths and English.
Our Culture:

At Keoghs, our culture is focused on making us sustainable and successful for our people and clients. Our four values are at the heart of everything we do:

  • We are connected.
  • We are dynamic.
  • We are innovative.
  • We succeed together.
Contract Type:

Permanent

Division:

Complex Injury

Sub Area:

Southampton

Office:

Southampton - White Building

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