Large Loss Lawyer - Complex Injury

Job Description

Large Loss Lawyer - Complex Injury - Bolton - EL / PL / RTAThe Job:This role offers an excellent opportunity to work within the Complex Injury Claims Team supporting a lead lawyer in handling a caseload of complex, high value catastrophic injury RTA and EL/PL cases. Your work will be supervised and feedback given in orderto aid your own career aspirations. The role also includes the need to engage with sophisticated senior claims handlers in long-standing insurance clients. In this role you may also be required to assist your Lead Lawyer in activities which enhance and developKeoghs profile.Accountabilities:You will work as part of a team progressing each file from receipt of papers from the insurer client to resolution of the claim. The role will include:

• Working with the Lead Lawyer to manage a caseload of complex injury claims including high value multi-track and catastrophic injury claims involving brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, chronic pain and fatal claims.
• Communicating with sophisticated insurer clients, dealing with their queries and updating them as the matter progresses.
• Forensic analysis of voluminous quantum evidence, preparing chronologies, identifying anomalies and other relevant information across various sources and categories of evidence.
• Using your existing knowledge of complex injury symptomology to identify relevant issues within medical records in order to instruct medical experts, drawing key issues to their attention.
• Critical analysis of sources of liability evidence and identifying any gaps.
• Drafting concise technical advice on all aspects of claim handling to include advice on reserves, indemnity, liability, quantum and causation issues and claims resolution for strategy discussion with the Lead Lawyer.
• Proactively identifying next steps required on matter, discussing those aspects with the Lead Lawyer and taking action as agreed.
• Interviewing witnesses and drafting statements.
• Liaising with parties involved in claims including the insured, insurer, witnesses etc.
• Drafting pleadings and applications.
• Instructing counsel and attending conferences, JSMs, mediations both remotely and in person.
• Attend court in person or by telephone, attend trials, settlement conferences etc as required.
• Dealing with costs budgets in conjunction with costs lawyers
• Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards.
• Delegate assigned tasks for an Assistant/ Complex Injury Paralegal and be fully engaged in their development in terms of technical ability and achievement of objectives.
• Maintaining case managements systems with up to date management information for clients.
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations.

Essential Skills and Attributes:The key criteria you must have to be considered for this role is:

• Qualified solicitor, CILEX or proven relevant legal experience is essential
• Experience of indemnity and RTA and EL PL liability and complex medical issues and causation is essential.
• Experience working in a similar role assisting on large loss and/or catastrophic injury claims preferred - whether in a defendant or claimant environment.
• Critical thinking and quantum analysis experience required.
• Good advocacy skills.
• Positive, confident and enthusiastic.
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills

In return:We like to think we offer a competitive salary (full disclosure on application) and benefits package:

• 25 days holiday per year (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days), rising to 26 days after 5 years service and to 27 days after 10 years service
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Life assurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• PHI/Income Protection
• Pension Contribution based
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Gym Flex

We look forward to receiving your application; should you wish to have a more informal conversation initially, please do not hesitate to contact me in the first instance.

Keyskills :
RTALarge Loss