NQ Solicitor / Legal Executive - Uninsured Loss Recovery in Birmingham

Department: Corclaim - ULR

Location: Birmingham

Are you a newly qualified or experienced litigator looking to take charge of your own caseload and make a real impact in a specialist, high-performing team? Join our dynamic Uninsured Loss Recovery team and help businesses recover what they’re owed. The role will offer exposure to a variety of contentious highways damage work across Fast, Intermediate and Multi Tracks. You’ll be trained up to manage your own caseload and conduct litigation on behalf of businesses in the recovery of their uninsured losses.

Responsibilities

• Managing your own caseload of contentious claims and being responsible for diary management
• Evaluating each claim and pro-actively obtaining quantum documentation
• Investigating liability by gathering/assessing evidence and establishing negligence
• Negotiating liability or quantum with defendant solicitors or insurers
• Instructing and liaising with experts to evidence claims
• Drafting own legal proceedings and dealing with all aspects of litigation/compliance within the civil procedure rules
• Instructing and liaising with counsel and experts
• Attending hearings where necessary
• Drafting your own correspondence and witness statements
• Maintaining client relationships e.g. informing them on the progress of a claim, providing advice and participation in claims review meetings where appropriate
• Carrying out general administration to include archiving, billing, case management

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

• NQ or experience in litigation across Fast/Intermediate/Multi Tracks
• Experience in managing your own caseload
• Previous experience in using a case management system
• Confidence with IT systems to include Microsoft Word and Excel

Key competencies you will need

• The ability to prioritise well and produce a high standard of work, sometimes under tight time constraints, whilst maintaining accuracy and good attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills whilst maintaining team processes and procedures
• A pro-active approach in documenting and handling tasks/cases
• The ability to cope and respond to sudden client demands
• Good communication skills, a good telephone manner and the ability to discuss and negotiate matters on the telephone
• An analytical, problem-solving approach

Benefits, Agile Working And Additional Information

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it. We have hubs in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, London, Lincoln, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Southampton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sheffield & Tunbridge Wells.

Additional information: Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward. Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Equal opportunities

Corclaim, as part of the Ampa Group, is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.