Assistant Lawyer - Policy Coverage

Davies; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance law firm in Bolton seeks an Assistant Lawyer to manage a mix of household and commercial property recovery cases. Candidates should possess litigation experience, a strong client focus, and an interest in delivering legal training. This hybrid role requires one day a week in-office attendance, offering competitive benefits and 25 days of annual leave.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Family Cover Private Medical Insurance

Simply Health Care Cash Plan

24/7 online GP and mental health support

Critical Illness Cover

Pension Contribution

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted Gourmet Society Membership

Qualifications

• Experience in a Defendant insurance litigation firm is required.
• Prior litigation experience relating to Recoveries is essential.
• A working knowledge of Household and Commercial recoveries is needed.

Responsibilities

• Handle a case load of property recovery files.
• Conduct legal research and investigations.
• Prepare documents for trial and assist in ADR.

Skills

Experience in Defendant insurance litigation

Litigation experience in Recoveries

Knowledge of Household and Commercial recoveries

Ability to prioritize workload

Attention to detail

Experience with case management systems

Skills to handle major litigation

Job description

Assistant Lawyer - Policy Coverage

Application Deadline: 24 October 2025

Department: Legal

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Bolton

Description

Keoghs LLP is one of the leading insurance law firms in the UK and can rightly claim to be amongst the most dynamic in its sector.

The successful candidates will handle a case load of Household and Commercial Property recovery files from a selection of the team’s well known insurers.

This is a technical and at times client-facing role for a well-rounded lawyer, so you will have a keen interest in building client relationships through the delivery of training and mentoring as well as in delivering first class legal solutions to complex problems.

The team regularly delivers training seminars and workshops to various insurer clients and the ideal candidate will have an interest in client development and show a willingness to assist in the preparation and delivery of seminars on technical legal issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Initial review/report
• Dealing with disclosure
• Reviewing evidence
• Conducting investigations
• Instructing counsel and experts
• Legal research
• Drafting generally
• Attending conferences and trials with counsel
• Dealing with routine correspondence
• Liaising with lay and insurer clients
• Engaging in settlement negotiations including consideration and drafting of Part 36 offers
• Preparing pre-action and interim applications
• Preparing documents for trial
• Assisting with ADR (including mediation)
• Court appointments
• Conducting advocacy by telephone and in person
• Ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations

Working Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm inclusive of 1 hour unpaid lunch break. Office location for this role is Parklands, Bolton. We are hybrid workers with 1 day attendance at the office required.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Previous experience in a Defendant insurance litigation firm
• Previous litigation experience specifically relating to Recoveries
• A working knowledge and understanding of the Household and Commercial recoveries
• An ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to work with case management systems
• The personal skills to deal with such work as major and expensive litigation involving liaison with senior claims handlers

Values

Our 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 connected
• We are Dynamic
• We are Innovative
• We succeed together

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death in Service
• Critical Illness Cover
• PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets

*after successfully completing probation