Assistant Lawyer




Department: Legal




Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time




Location: Birmingham




Description



To support a Complex Disease Lawyer to manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes for clients at appropriate levels of profitability. The Assistant will be supporting a Complex Disease Lawyer on a variety of complex disease cases.




Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing documents and preparing reports


• Dealing with disclosure


• Reviewing evidence (including medical /personnel records)


• Conducting investigations with Insured /obtaining witness statements


• Instructing Counsel / Experts


• Research


• Drafting generally


• Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel


• Dealing with routine correspondence


• Court appointments.


• Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds


• Ensure adherence to Court timetables.


• Adhere to the Keoghs Values.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Technically proficient in dealing with a range of mixed disease cases


• Effective negotiator


• Ability to use own initiative


• Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken


• Good listening and verbal communication skills


• Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail


• Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise


• Ability to work under pressure and to target


• An enthusiastic and hardworking individual


• Good level of IT skills

Job Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan


• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)


• 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 - after 1 years' service


• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer


• Employee Resource Groups


• Employee Volunteering Programme


• 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

*after successfully completing probation