Overview
In this role you join a market-leading defendant insurance team focused on catastrophic injury litigation. You will handle high-value claims and work alongside senior specialists to shape strategy and outcomes. The role blends hands-on casework with close collaboration across partners, experts, and clients, offering progression through Solicitor to Senior Associate. You will contribute to delivering top-tier service on technically challenging cases, often involving brain and spinal injuries, amputations, and fatalities. This is a hybrid, supportive environment with opportunities to influence high-profile matters.
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid working with one day in office
- comprehensive benefits package
- clear progression opportunities
- access to Partners and technical specialists
- ongoing training and professional development
- supportive and collaborative team culture
Responsibilities
- Handle complex catastrophic injury and large loss claims (250,000+; up to multi-million values)
- Draft pleadings, statements, and litigation documents
- Instruct counsel, liability and medical experts and rehabilitation providers
- Attend conferences, mediations, JSMs, and court hearings
- Advise on litigation strategy, liability, causation, and quantum
- Manage own caseload (where applicable) and support senior lawyers on complex matters
- Build and maintain strong client relationships with insurers, corporate, and public sector clients
- Support Partners and senior lawyers on the most challenging cases
Key requirements
- Experience in serious/catastrophic injury or large loss claims (250k+)
- Exposure to multi-track litigation
- Experience with complex liability and quantum investigations
- Defendant insurance litigation experience is essential for senior associate; strong claimant catastrophic injury experience considered for Solicitor/Associate
- Excellent client management and communication skills
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical abilities
- Proactive, collaborative approach to case management
- Client-focused
- Collaborative
- Proactive problem-solving
- Drafting and litigation document preparation
- Mediation and conference preparation
- Instructing experts and counsel
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