Catastrophic Injury and Large Loss

The Role
Department
: Catastrophic Injury/Large Loss

Location
: Edinburgh

Role
: Paralegal

The Team
Our market-leading catastrophic injury specialists are trusted around the world by general and specialist insurers, corporations, and health and public sector bodies to defend their most serious and highest value cases.

We handle the whole range of complex and high value claims including fatality, acquired brain injury, spinal cord damage, amputation, chronic pain, the funding of long-term care and rehabilitation.

The Role
Responsibilities
As a Paralegal within our Catastrophic Injury / Large Loss team, you will play a key role in supporting our lawyers and Partners in the day-to-day management of claims. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with liability enquiries and investigations
• Obtaining and reviewing medical records and expert reports
• Drafting witness statements and preparing instructions to Experts and Counsel
• Preparing Counsel and Court bundles
• Providing general administrative support

In Addition, Your Role Will Extend To

• Supporting pre-litigation work across travel, holiday, accidents abroad, aviation, and marine cases.
• Assisting with pre-litigation motor and employer's/public liability (EL/PL) claims.
• Providing litigation assistance, including document management, procedural support, and coordination of case progression.

Essential Skills & Experience
Applicants must have excellent communication and organisational skills, along with the ability to work well under pressure and to strict deadlines. Although not essential, knowledge of the litigation process would be useful. Previous experience in a similar legal setting is required.

In return, you will benefit from being part of an organisation that is genuinely committed to its people. Within our friendly department you will have access to a range of learning and development opportunities designed to support your ongoing progression.

Our Values
Our Values Are The Principles That Guide The Decisions We Make, Unite Us In Our Endeavours And Strengthen Our Delivery, For Our Clients And Our Firm. We

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

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