Solicitor - Asbestos and Occupational Disease Team

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Solicitor (1–5 years PQE) to join our Asbestos and Occupational Disease Team in Sheffield or Manchester. In this role you will work on a high quality and rewarding caseload, collaborating closely with colleagues across our Newcastle and Leeds office with support from regional partners.

You’ll join a highly respected specialist disease practice working with clients diagnosed with a wide spectrum of asbestos-related and non-asbestos respiratory conditions. This includes mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, pleural thickening, occupational asthma, silicosis and other workplace-related respiratory illnesses.

This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your litigation skills while also taking ownership of your own litigated caseload, as well as assisting senior colleagues on high-value or complex matters. You’ll work closely with clients and their families at difficult moments in their lives, ensuring they receive exceptional advice and the highest standard of support throughout their claim.

About You

• You will have the confidence to hit the ground running and the ability to manage litigated cases independently.
• 1–5 years’ PQE with some Asbestos and Occupational Disease experience.
• The ability to work with empathy and integrity.
• Experience managing your own caseload, while also assisting Partners and senior team members on high-value cases.
• A clear enthusiasm for this area of law and a commitment to achieving the best outcomes for clients.
• An aptitude for business development and a passion for building strong client and referrer relationships.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including high-quality drafting and detailed legal research.

Our Benefits

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays – you can buy up to 35 hours extra holiday.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid).
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
• We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s onboarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity, thereby protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders. We carry out pre-employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted third parties. The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws. Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.