Complex Injury Assistant Lawyer

4 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Davies Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Senior Claims Handler to join our Complex Injury Claims Team in Manchester. As a Senior Claims Handler, you will be responsible for progressing complex injury claims, including high-value multi-track and catastrophic injury claims, from receipt of papers to resolution.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage a caseload of complex injury claims, including high-value multi-track and catastrophic injury claims, from receipt of papers to resolution.
  • Communicate with sophisticated insurer clients, dealing with their queries and updating them as the matter progresses.
  • 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.
  • Critical analysis of sources of liability evidence and identifying any gaps.
  • Draft concise technical advice on all aspects of claim handling, including indemnity, liability, quantum, and causation issues, and claims resolution for strategy discussion with the Lead Lawyer.
  • Proactively identify next steps required on matters, discussing those aspects with the Lead Lawyer, and taking 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 SRA standards and regulations.
About Davies

We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated, and global businesses. We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform, and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation, and change management.

Benefits
  • 25 days holiday per year, which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days).
  • Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
  • Simply Health Care Cash Plan.
  • WeCare - 24/7 online GP, mental health support, and virtual wellbeing, covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing, healthy living, and financial & legal wellbeing.
  • Death in Service.
  • Critical Illness Cover.
  • PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance).
  • Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer.
  • Cycle to Work Scheme.
  • Tech Scheme.
  • Season Ticket Loan.
  • Gym Flex.
  • Access to Online Discount Sites.
  • Discounted Gourmet Society Membership.
  • Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide.
  • Discounts at local retail outlets.

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