Assistant to Lead Lawyer

Keoghs; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Company pension

Generous annual leave

Flexible benefits

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

Keoghs is seeking a talented EL/PL Lawyer to join its Casualty team in Bristol. You will handle a broad, highly technical caseload, assisting on complex and high-value Employer's and Public Liability claims for a diverse public sector client base, including police forces and local authorities.

Role offers exposure to tribunal claims and high-profile work, with mentoring from a leading practitioner. Hybrid working with one office day per week and a comprehensive benefits package including private

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor NQ-2yrs (also happy to consider non-qualified candidates with equivalent experience)
• Experience in personal injury, casualty litigation, insurance litigation or general dispute resolution
• Strong technical and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Hybrid working, with colleagues typically attending the office one day per week

Responsibilities

• Assist on a varied caseload of complex and high-value Employer's and Public Liability claims
• Review and analyse liability, causation and quantum evidence
• Draft pleadings, witness statements and other legal documentation
• Liaise with clients, counsel, experts and witnesses
• Support trial preparation and attendance at conferences
• Assist with tribunal matters, gaining exposure to additional areas of contentious work alongside your EL/PL caseload
• Conduct legal research and contribute to strategic advice on complex and often novel legal issues

Skills

EL/PL litigation

Personal injury

Analytical skills

Excellent communication

Mentoring ability

Education

Solicitor qualification (NQ-2 yrs)

Job description

Keoghs is looking for a talented EL/PL Lawyer to join its Casualty team in Bristol.

This is a rare opportunity to develop your career on a broad and highly technical caseload that goes well beyond traditional EL/PL litigation. You'll work very closely with a recognised leader in the industry, assisting on complex and high-value claims for a diverse public sector client base, including police forces and local authorities.

The work is varied, intellectually stimulating and often high profile, with claim values ranging from substantial six-figure sums to matters worth millions of pounds. You'll also gain valuable exposure to tribunal claims, providing a breadth of experience that is difficult to find elsewhere this early in your legal career.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist on a varied caseload of complex and high-value Employer's and Public Liability claims
• Review and analyse liability, causation and quantum evidence
• Draft pleadings, witness statements and other legal documentation
• Liaise with clients, counsel, experts and witnesses
• Support trial preparation and attendance at conferences
• Assist with a range of tribunal matters, gaining exposure to additional areas of contentious work alongside your EL/PL caseload
• Conduct legal research and contribute to strategic advice on complex and often novel legal issues

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified Solicitor NQ-2yrs (also happy to consider non-qualified candidates with equivalent experience)
• Experience in personal injury, casualty litigation, insurance litigation or general dispute resolution
• Strong technical and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• A genuine interest in complex litigation
• Exceptional mentoring and hands-on development from day one
• Hybrid working, with colleagues typically attending the office one day per week
• Brand-new offices in the heart of Bristol city centre
• Comprehensive benefits package, including private healthcare, pension, generous annual leave and a range of flexible benefits
• A dog-friendly workplace, so your four-legged companion is welcome to join you in the office!

Interested?

If you're a NQ to 2-year PQE solicitor looking for a role that offers genuine variety, high-quality work and the opportunity to learn from one of the leading names in casualty litigation, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a chance to build expertise across complex EL/PL litigation, public sector work and tribunal claims, while working on cases that are anything but ordinary.

About Keoghs

Keoghs is a leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector. We manage more than £1bn worth of insurer claims and resolve in excess of 100,000 claims per year working in partnership with leading insurers, MGAs, brokers, corporates and the public sector.

With more than 50 years’ experience we have an in-depth understanding of the insurance claims process, enabling us to contain and lower litigation rates, shorten claims lifecycles and reduce overall claims costs. We combine proven processes, technology and low cost infrastructure with extensive legal and insurance market knowledge. This enables us to create individual solutions for each of our clients that match their requirements in terms of quality, performance and value for money.

We invest heavily in specialised services, technology and innovation for our insurance clients, and we are the first to launch a true artificial intelligence (AI) insurance lawyer. Through our proprietary AI lawyer, Lauri, we’ve transformed the claims handling process for low-value personal injury claims; we’ve reduced claim lifecycles and reduced costs for our clients. Supported by commercial acumen and innovative products, Keoghs leads the way in providing legal solutions to the insurance industry.

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