Associate, 1-3PQE, Belfast

AXA UK; Belfast; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Un cabinet d'avocats réputé en Irlande du Nord recherche un solicitor spécialisé en blessures personnelles pour rejoindre son équipe à Belfast. Le candidat idéal devra avoir entre 1 et 3 ans d'expérience en droit des assurances, avec des compétences en communication et en gestion de cas. Ce rôle offre une flexibilité de travail hybride, alliant travail à domicile et bureau.

Qualifications

• 1 à 3 années d'expérience en tant qu'avocat qualifié en Irlande du Nord avec une spécialisation en droit des assurances.
• Capacité à gérer un dossier occupé de réclamations de faible à valeur moyenne.

Responsibilities

• Conseiller sur une large gamme de responsabilité civile et de blessures personnelles.
• Gérer les réclamations pour le compte des assureurs internationaux et domestiques.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Recherche

Attention aux détails

Education

Qualification avocate en Irlande du Nord

Job description

We are looking for a defendant personal injury solicitor in our Belfast office with Motor, EL/PL and industrial disease experience to join our growing team.

The team advises on a broad range of defendant product liability, EL/PL/Motor, clinical, marine, catastrophic, as well as reinsurance and professional negligence for a variety of national and international insurers. Kennedys has an enviable reputation and the skills required to service this increasingly complex market.

Kennedys has a hybrid working policy, which offers a good mix of opportunities for working from home and in the office.

Team

Kennedys' Northern Ireland office in Belfast is the only pure litigation practice in the jurisdiction with a focus on the insurance industry, advising on coverage, defence and recovery matters.

We advise on regulatory matters, defend clients in health and safety prosecutions and appear at coronial inquiries. We defend liability actions from catastrophic claims to everyday employers' and public liability, and road traffic accident claims.

We provide expert advice on professional negligence matters within financial services, construction (architects, engineers, and quantity surveyors), healthcare (medical facilities and professionals), real estate and insurance (brokers) and employment law.

Cases

• The team act for insurers on a full range of claims and also advises on coverage issues arising in personal injury matters as well as in defence.
• Providing coverage and claims defence to both international and domestic insurers and their insureds
• In particular, we advise on professional liability, financial institutions' liability, directors & officers liability.

REQUIRED experience

• 1-3 years' Northern Irish qualified lawyer with Insurance law experience*
• To be proactive and take initiative
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to manage own time, excellent organisation skills
• Strong technical and research skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage a busy caseload of low to medium value claims and to work with senior solicitors on high value claims.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.