Associate - PI, Travel and Regulatory

Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week)

Location: London

Benefits

• Annual leave starting at 25 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
• Annual fitness allowance
• Flexible pension scheme
• ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice
• Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme
• Medicash EAP with access to counselling
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing
• Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back‑up care per year via Bright Horizons
• Life assurance
• Group income protection
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Hybrid working and dress for your day policy
• Bespoke training and development opportunities

Role Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the leading marine defendant personal injury, travel and regulatory team within the wider Marine Business Group in our London office. In this role you will have the opportunity to work with a wide cross section of clients in the sector ranging from ship and yacht owners, operators and insurers, ports, hotel owners and insurers and cruise lines, dealing with a range of matters including personal injury claims, EL/PL land‑based claims, travel claims, and industrial disease claims.

Introduction to the Team

You will be joining the PI, Travel & Regulatory team – Marine Business Group, headed up by John Caddies, who have a long track record of successfully advising clients on the legal aftermath of major and minor air, land and sea incidents including criminal and regulatory incidents and defending personal injury claims in a cost‑effective and pro‑active manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Personal injury claims bought by ship’s crew and passengers, including defending claims for catastrophic injury, fatal injuries and jurisdictional advice.
• EL and PL land‑based personal injury claims, particularly in the ports sector.
• Travel claims brought against cruise ships, yachts and to a lesser extent hotels and airlines.
• Industrial disease claims.
• Work‑related death investigations and prosecutions by police, MCA, HSE and MAIB.
• Drafting agreements.

What Are We Looking For

• Qualified Solicitor (NQ – 2 years PQE)
• Law degree (or equivalent)
• Personal injury and/or industrial disease claim experience.
• Ability to handle your own claims.
• Ability/willingness to work as part of a team and independently.
• An interest and aptitude for developing new business.
• Attention to detail and an ability to multi‑task.
• Strong organisation, intrapersonal and communication skills.
• Pragmatic approach to legal and commercial problem solving.
• Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines and adhere to guidelines and procedures (client and internal).
• Ability to demonstrate the firm’s core values.

If you don’t meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to submit an application and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief. We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths. Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process. At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx. All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre‑employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks. Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.