Catastrophic Injury Litigation (Senior Associate - 5yrs + PQE)

Actis Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cover

Generous holiday allowance

Hybrid working

Job summary

Actis Legal in Manchester is expanding its market-leading team to handle a demanding catastrophic injury caseload, including brain and spinal injuries, amputations and complex trauma for insurers, brokers, corporates and the public sector.

You will receive mentoring from approachable partners, work within a collaborative culture, and benefit from flexible hybrid working, generous holidays and comprehensive health cover.

Qualifications

• Experience handling catastrophic injury cases.
• Defendant insurance experience preferred, open to claimant lawyers with complex trauma experience.
• Collaborative culture with mentoring from expert partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage a demanding catastrophic injury caseload with complex trauma cases.
• Maintain extensive client contact and work with multi-disciplinary teams including counsel, medical and liability experts.
• Contribute to high-quality service for insurers, brokers, and public sector clients.

Skills

Catastrophic injury experience

Defendant insurance experience

Client relationship management

Job description

Manchester - Expansion within Market Leading Team. Exceptional Quality and Rewarding Caseload. Collaborative Team. Excellent Resources. Flexibility & Hybrid Working.

The Role:

• Catastrophic Injury caseload covering complex, life-changing and often high-profile cases including brain injury, spinal injury, severe psychiatric injury, amputations, chronic pain and multiple traumna. The firm is retained by major insurers, specialist brokers, syndicates, UK corporates, global companies, government and public sector organisations.
• Ideally, you will have defendant insurance experience, but applications also welcome from claimant lawyers with experience of cases involving complex trauma.
• In this role, you will receive ongoing training and mentoring from approachable partners, who are recognised experts in this field. The team is incredibly supportive of each other and you will find a highly professional and friendly culture.
• You will enjoy plenty of client contact and working within multi-disciplinary teams with counsel, medical and liability experts.

About the Firm

• Investing in the latest technology and resources, this market-leading, Legal 100 firm is recognised for its cutting edge.
• It is committed to ongoing skills and technical training to ensure the highest standards of service delivery and personal development. As well as ongoing guidance and mentoring from immediate team leaders, the firm has a sophisticated skills development and career progression programme.
• The firm promotes flexibility, agile and hybrid working.
• In addition to attractive salaries and generous holiday allowance, there are extensive benefits including health cover and lifestyle choices. Individuals are encouraged to participate in community and social initiatives with volunteer and pro-bono days are available.
• Inclusive and progressive, you will find a collaborative culture and commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

Actis Legal specialises in the North West legal market and with such a detailed knowledge of the region, we are able to provide tailored and bespoke advice to individuals we act for and identify suitable career moves. All enquiries treated in the strictest of confidence.

Please note that references to post qualification experience (PQE) are given as a guideline to the competences required for technical, client and case management skills, as well as budgeted salary for the role. We encourage you to apply for any job for which you feel you are a suitable candidate.