Regulatory & Health and Safety Lawyer

Regulatory & Health and Safety Lawyer

Application Deadline: 28 May 2025

Department: Legal

Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time

Location: Manchester

Description

The Assistant Lawyer / Solicitor will assist Partners, David Rainey and Nick Gianferrari, in dealing with predominantly regulatory, health & safety cases and inquest work often from the day of the incident, investigating the incident circumstances and assisting with the case through to resolution.
This is a technical and client-facing role for a well-rounded lawyer, so you will have a keen interest in building client relationships through the delivery of training and mentoring as well as in delivering first class legal solutions to complex problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and analysis of prosecution evidence and considering implications for lay client/company
• Drafting statements of insured/witnesses
• Review of client’s evidence – obtaining, collating, indexing, cross-referencing with own statements and Prosecution\’s statements, summarising evidence for lead file handlers
• Liaising with Court, Coroner\’s Office and CQC/Police/HSE or relevant regulator
• Liaising with experts – instructing own experts, summarising expert evidence, serving reports
• Serving Defence case statements, sentencing bundles and mitigation bundles
• Drafting written submissions, following liaison with lay client/corporate client
• Liaising with Insured re Prosecution\’s case and disclosure required
• Reviewing transcripts of evidence
• Organising and attending conferences & meetings, drafting note of discussion and following agreed strategy following lead lawyer’s strategy
• Attendance / representation at interview under cautions
• Attendance behind Counsel for trials & inquests – drafting notes of evidence, outcome and sentencing
• Arranges meetings, conferences, site visits, expert appointments
• Chase for transcripts and disclosure, collating the evidence
• Review of medical records, post mortem reports and CCTV footage
• Attending site, taking photos and drafting basic statements
• Research into relevant HSE guidelines
• Research into Insured\’s – corporate structure, their procedures, risk assessments, documents
• Collating witness availability
• Preparation of bundles for hearings, serving bundles
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

A qualified Solicitor, with at least 1 years’ experience in crime health & safety, regulatory or care home inquest experience.

• An ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to work with case management systems
• The personal skills to deal with insureds in a sensitive manner given the context within which they find themselves in
• Good telephone and communication skills with people at all levels inside and outside the business
• Calm under pressure
• Self-confidence, with good literacy and IT skills
• Good team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a result and ensure client service levels are met
• Ability to work effectively within the Keoghs Shared Values framework

Ref: DAV-0168

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 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

*after successfully completing probation

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