Contract Litigation Lawyer - Hybrid & Growth

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent annual leave

Health cash plan

Gym & lifestyle benefits

Career development

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded national law firm with the recruitment of a Commercial Litigation Lawyer to join its established Civil Litigation Division in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience handling contract-based disputes who is looking for varied, challenging and rewarding work within a supportive and technically strong legal team.

As a Commercial Litigation Lawyer, you will manage your own caseload of litigation matters, with a particular

Qualifications

• Experience managing your own caseload of contract-based civil litigation matters.
• Relevant litigation experience.
• Experience advising on fast track and multi-track disputes, ideally including both individual and commercial clients.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines and manage competing priorities.
• A pragmatic, client-focused approach with excellent communication skills and good IT ability, including Microsoft Office and case management systems.
• Experience dealing with insurance-funded clients would be desirable, although this is not essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing your own caseload of fast track, intermediate track and multi-track contract dispute matters.
• Advising individual and commercial clients on a range of civil litigation claims, including sale of goods and services disputes, building contracts, professional negligence and misrepresentation.
• Handling claimant and defendant litigation matters from initial instruction through to resolution.
• Liaising with clients by telephone, video call and face to face, providing clear and pragmatic legal advice.
• Using a case management system to progress files, manage deadlines, record activity and deal with billing and invoicing.

Skills

Contract-based disputes

Civil litigation

Communication skills

Tools

Case management system

Job description

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded national law firm with the recruitment of a Commercial Litigation Lawyer to join its established Civil Litigation Division in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience handling contract-based disputes who is looking for varied, challenging and rewarding work within a supportive and technically strong legal team.

As a Commercial Litigation Lawyer, you will manage your own caseload of litigation matters, with a particular