Company: KEOGHS LLP
Job Type: Permanent, FullTime
Salary: Salary negotiable
Supporting a Partner within a Disease team in Bolton.
Role requires performing delegated tasks to pursue the progression and/or resolution of a file as a soon as practically possible. The role will involve working upon both complex and high value claims, including both short tail and long tail disease claims.
Key Accountabilities
- To assist in progressing the file in the most appropriate manner
- Compliance with client SLAs
- Compliance with court directions and timetables
- Drafting Court Documents
- Negotiation
- Advocacy, including attending telephone hearings
- Analysis of evidence
- Client Reporting
- Reviewing records & documentation
- Instructing and liaising with Counsel/experts
- Preparation of bundles
- Completing and updating MI
- Achieve a chargeable target
- To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations.
The above is not a definitive list of possible work which may be provided.
Working Hours35 hours per week Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm inclusive of 1 hour unpaid lunch break. Primary location is our Parklands Office, Bolton.
Recruitment Criteria:
- Ideally a degree in Law/LPC Graduates/CILEX trained
- Knowledge of Disease desirable but not essential
- Litigation experience is desirable but not a pre-requisite to apply
- Demonstrate analytical and critical thinking.
- IT Literate
- Proficient in MS Office
- Experienced in using a Claims/Case Management system
- Capabilities needed to succeed and excel in the role
- Technical knowledge and Experience to be developed
- Basic Guidelines for court/CPR inc completion of court forms
- Client SLAs
- Building deeper experience in Disease strategic litigation
- Basic claim and file handling skills.
- Investigation techniques
- Progression to a more detailed understanding of CPR
- Financial Management/recording of fees and chargeable hours
Through formal input build an understanding of;
- Area of law relevant to the role
- Liability
- Quantum
- Strategy and Benchmarking
- Case handling tactics
Compensation package
Hybrid working 1 day in the office, 4 days remote, Health Care Cash Plan, Holidays 25 days plus 8 bank holidays (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days) increasing to 26 after 5 years’ service and to 27 after 10 years’ service, Death In Service - after 1 year, Employer Pension Contribution, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme, Season Ticket Loan*, Gym Flex
ValuesOur culture is focused on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our four values are at the heart of everything we do; We are connectedWe are dynamicWe are innovativeWe succeed together