Catastrophic Injury Paralegal - Personal Injury

JMW SOLICITORS LLP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

JMW Solicitors in Manchester is seeking an experienced Paralegal specializing in personal injury and catastrophic injury claims to join our team. You will support senior fee earners with complex brain injury, spinal cord injury, and amputation cases while contributing to a collaborative, high-performing department.

The role offers a mix of office-based work with the option to work from home up to two days per week after settling in.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal injury and catastrophic injury claims.
• Strong academic record.
• Excellent client care and communication skills.
• Proactive time management and prioritisation.
• Teamwork and collaborative approach.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Drafting witness statements.
• Attending conferences with counsel and experts and taking detailed notes.
• Preparing court documents and bundles.
• Obtaining, reviewing, and collating records.
• Reviewing medical reports and preparing instructions to medical experts and counsel.
• Researching case law on liability and quantum.
• Liaising with clients and updating them on case progress.
• Dealing with billing and disbursement payments.

Skills

Personal injury experience

Catastrophic injury claims

Team collaboration

Prioritisation

Excellent client care

Strong academics

IT skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Tools

Proclaim Case Management System

Job description

Join JMW’s top ranked Catastrophic Injury team in Manchester and take the next step in your legal career.

We are looking for an experienced Paralegal with a background in personal injury, including catastrophic injury claims, to become part of our specialist team. This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside recognised leaders in the field, supporting the handling of complex brain injury, spinal cord injury and amputation claims, while developing your expertise within a collaborative, supportive and growing team.

Each year, JMW’s Personal Injury department secures millions of pounds in compensation for clients across the UK by taking positive action on their behalf and presenting the strongest possible case. Our team of expert personal injury lawyers produce some of the best results in the industry. They pride themselves on providing a high level of customer service and understand how an injury can have an impact on clients' day-to-day lives.

Over decades of success, the department has received recognition from numerous legal institutions, including being ranked in band 1 for personal injury work in the Northwest for both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, and receiving the Corporate Supporter Award at the inaugural Child Brain Injury Trust Diamond Awards, for our ongoing support and fundraising for the charity.

Key Responsibilities

In your role as Paralegal, you will support senior members of the team with their caseloads, ensuring matters progress efficiently and files are maintained to a high standard of accuracy and client care. You'll take responsibility for a wide range of legal, administrative and case-management related tasks including:

• Drafting witness statements.
• Attending conferences with counsel and experts and taking detailed notes.
• Preparing court documents and bundles.
• Obtaining, reviewing, and collating records.
• Reviewing medical reports and preparing instructions to medical experts and counsel.
• Researching case law on liability and quantum.
• Liaising with clients and updating them on case progress.
• Dealing with billing and disbursement payments.

While you settle into your role initially, your work will be full office-based. However, there will be the option for you to work from home up to 2 days per week thereafter.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Our paralegals support across the team – they need to be efficient, have exceptional attention to detail, maintain a very high standard when preparing communications and documentation, and possess a solid grounding in personal and serious injury claims work.
To succeed in this role, you will also need to demonstrate:

• Experience of personal injury work and catastrophic injury claims will be essential.
• Strong team working ethic.
• Ability to pro-actively prioritise and complete work to a high standard set by senior fee earners.
• Excellent client care skills - you'll need to communicate with clients of the department in a professional and empathetic manner both orally and in writing.
• A strong academic record.
• Excellent IT skills particularly with experience in Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Experience using Proclaim Case Management System would be advantageous but is not essential.

About JMW Solicitors

An award-winning, full-service law firm offering straight-talking advice that delivers positive outcomes with a commercial edge. We have a well-deserved reputation for excellence and entrepreneurship. We take care of our clients, and our people. What do we do? We do the right thing. Our firm, and the individuals working within it, are recognised by the prestigious legal directories Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners and we regularly win awards for our work. We have three offices: our head office in Manchester, a full-service office in London and one of our specialist family law teams based in Liverpool. We are proud of our northern heritage, and work closely with a wide variety of charities and fund-raising initiatives so as to give back to our local community.

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