Associate Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence in London

This is a rare opportunity to join our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team handling varied and high-quality work. We are seeking a highly motivated, professional candidate with excellent academics and sound experience in clinical negligence who can demonstrate commercial awareness and a history of maintaining good client relationships.

The ideal candidate will be confident and enthusiastic and will be able to demonstrate experience of a wide range of Claimant injury litigation work. They will be able to demonstrate an energetic commitment to contributing to the success of the team.

What you’re like:

• Educated to degree level and preferably with a 2:1 or above
• A solicitor of 2 years PQE
• You are a highly motivated and professional
• You are quick thinking and a fast learner
• You have broad experience in Claimant litigation work
• You have experience of running a caseload of your own
• You work and think independently
• You will be able to look after our existing clients and win new work
• You want to develop your career
• You can demonstrate commercial awareness
• You are technically excellent
• You have keen attention to detail

What we’re like:

• The team is based in our Putney office comprising of 4 partners, 2 consultants, 3 senior associates, 5 associates, 5 legal assistants, an executive assistant and an administrative assistant.
• We encourage collaboration and sharing of work and expertise for the benefit of our clients and each other.
• We encourage our associates to speak, to publish and to participate in the industry, keeping up with and shaping the latest thinking.
• You will be part of a supportive cohort of your peers from across the firm, participating in a variety of career development activities.

Core Legal Duties:

• To provide a high quality legal service to all Russell-Cooke clients.
• To provide a high quality experience to our clients in terms of service delivery.
• To develop and maintain good client relationship skills, gaining clients’ confidence and that of your colleagues.
• To establish what needs to be done to solve a client’s problem.
• To offer advice on the law, legal procedures and a wide range of associated issues.
• To attend and represent Russell-Cooke at client meetings and conferences.
• To represent clients in Courts where required.

Professional Standards:

• To work and behave in a professional manner and to the highest standards of the profession.
• To comply with procedures set out in Russell-Cooke’s Office Manual, professional standards and any requirement set by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
• To carry out duties given by the partners or employees faithfully and diligently and follow all reasonable instructions.
• To participate in the growth and development of the department/firm.
• To treat all information about the firm and its clients and their business as wholly confidential.
• To keep up-to-date with changes in the law.
• To record all chargeable hours.

Your career development:

Russell-Cooke’s lawyers are rounded professional advisers with strong commercial awareness and a commitment to exceeding client expectations. All our lawyers benefit from our cohort-based career development programme. We understand the importance of building an internal network and have developed this excellent cohort programme to allow our lawyers to work together across practice areas and share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

Salary and benefits:

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We have a diverse workforce and aim to attract high calibre applicants that reflect the demography of our geographical location and client base. Individuals will be employed solely on merit and the requirement of the position. No applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, race, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. Reasonable adjustments will be made to eliminate or reduce disadvantage.