Catastrophic Injury Solicitor

eNL; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Benefits package

Job summary

eNL is recruiting a Catastrophic Injury Solicitor in Birmingham with 2+ years PQE to handle high-value defendant PI matters for a prestigious insurer client base. You will manage a multi-track caseload, draft pleadings, witness statements, and collaborate with experts and counsel on complex litigation.

This nationally recognised team offers excellent training, mentoring, and career progression within a top-tier environment. Hybrid working and strong benefits are on offer.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' PQE in defendant personal injury litigation.
• Experience in employers' liability, public liability or motor claims is desirable.
• Strong technical ability and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload of multi-track defendant PI claims.
• Prepare pleadings and witness statements; instruct experts and counsel.
• Negotiate settlements and advance cases to trial where appropriate.
• Advise insurer and corporate clients on liability, quantum and strategy.
• Contribute to high-value catastrophic injury matters within a leading team.

Skills

Catastrophic injury litigation

Defendant PI experience

PQE 2+ years

Instruct experts & counsel

Job description

Catastrophic Injury Solicitor, 2+ Years PQE, Birmingham, £65,000+ (DOE) - An exceptional opportunity for a talented Solicitor to join one of the UK's leading Catastrophic Injury teams, handling high-value defendant personal injury claims for a prestigious insurer client base. JOB REF: 5230

THE ROLE

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Solicitor to join a nationally recognised Catastrophic Injury team undertaking complex defendant personal injury litigation. Working alongside experienced specialists, you will manage your own caseload of multi-track claims whilst assisting on high-value catastrophic injury matters involving employers' liability, public liability and road traffic accident claims. You will advise insurer and corporate clients on liability, quantum and litigation strategy, prepare cases for trial, draft pleadings and witness statements, instruct experts and counsel, negotiate settlements and gain exposure to some of the most complex personal injury litigation in the market.

THE CANDIDATE

Applications are welcomed from Solicitors with a minimum of 2 years' PQE with experience in defendant personal injury litigation. Candidates with experience in employers' liability, public liability or motor claims will be particularly attractive. The successful candidate will possess excellent technical ability, strong communication skills and a genuine enthusiasm for high-value personal injury litigation.

THE FIRM

This is an opportunity to join one of the UK's largest and most respected catastrophic injury teams, acting for many of the country's leading insurers on complex, high-profile claims. The firm offers outstanding quality work, excellent training and mentoring, genuine career progression and a collaborative working environment where junior lawyers are encouraged to develop quickly.

• Hybrid working and an excellent benefits package are also on offer.

At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.