Catastrophic Injury Claims Solicitor

3 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Keoghs Full time
Job Title: Catastrophic Injury Claims Solicitor

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Complex Injury Claims Team at Keoghs, a leading law firm in catastrophic injury work. As a Catastrophic Injury Claims Solicitor, you will be working with a team of experienced lawyers to handle high-value and complex injury claims.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage a caseload of complex injury claims, including claims valued up to £10m and beyond.
  • Communicate with sophisticated insurer clients, advising them on all aspects of claims and keeping them updated as the matter progresses.
  • Develop relationships with Keoghs' clients to win their confidence in your detailed knowledge of their cases and your expertise in catastrophic claims.
  • Adopt a forensic and detailed approach to liability investigations to preserve levers in relation to interim payments, care claims, statutory funding issues, and CCG input.
  • Use your expertise in CAT injury claims and your analytical skills to draw on expert evidence, medical records, and other sources of evidence to ensure experts consider all relevant details.
  • Think strategically around issues such as GCS, RA/PTA, ambulatory issues, level of SCI, and questioning anomalies and translating issues identified in records or medical evidence into a meaningful difference on catastrophic injury files.
  • Use Ogden Tables to split multipliers, determine life expectancy, interpolate, and build complex illustrative spreadsheets to assess quantum based on the evidence.
  • Build rapport with solicitors for other parties to engage meaningfully with them to discuss substantive issues around the case.
  • Attend site visits, MDT meetings, client meetings, mediation, and JSMs.
  • Engage with counsel and experts in conference and on the telephone.
  • Deliver agreed performance targets and quality standards, with a minimum of 7 chargeable hours per day.
  • Delegate to more junior members of the team 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.
  • Significant experience in handling or assisting upon large loss or catastrophic injury files is required.
  • Defendant experience is preferable, but Claimant experience at a sufficient level of expertise and seniority will be considered.
  • Understanding of case law and litigation practice and process, and Court Practice Rules as relevant to high-value claims.
  • Strong knowledge of relevant insurance principles.
  • Understanding and experience in advising upon contested interim payment applications is preferred.
  • Understanding of relevant considerations in relation to statutory funding for care packages is preferred.
  • Ability to plan and prioritise workloads on complex cases is essential.
  • 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 and to take development opportunities when they arise with a positive attitude.
  • Calm under pressure with the ability to re-prioritise and delegate effectively when required.
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 Newcastle

Sub Area:

Complex Injury Newcastle

Office:

Newcastle - Grey Street



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