Litigation Assistant, Speciality in Leeds

We are looking for a motivated Litigation Assistant to join our growing team in Manchester or Leeds. This role involves assisting with defendant-related specialist claims, primarily focusing on Public Liability cases. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a high-quality caseload for a diverse range of clients within an award-winning team. You'll gain exposure to a variety of high-profile cases and be supported in your career development with structured progression paths, hands-on mentoring, and ongoing professional growth.

Our national practice services personal injury claims from seven office locations across the UK. The Leeds team is a major force in the local market and is ranked in the top tier for defendant personal injury by the legal directories. We act on complex and high-profile cases, led by experienced Partners recognized as market leaders in this sector. We avoid unnecessary lawyering and are focused on working in partnership with our clients and delivering modern solutions, including our in-house R&D capability and award-winning product suite of technological and process innovations.

Clients:

• Public sector (local authorities)
• Large self-insured businesses and organisations
• Insurers

Cases:

• Employers liability
• Public liability
• Data protection
• Human rights
• Casualty claims
• Abuse claims

Required Experience:

• 1+ years' experience preferred
• Track record of capably handling injury claims
• Experience of working in a team

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What we have to offer:

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference. Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive, distinctive and ambitious.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles.

A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices. We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management.