Lawyer - Property

Davies; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK insurance law firm is seeking a talented insurance lawyer to join its Property Risks & Coverage Team. This role involves handling household and commercial property recovery claims ranging from £10K to £100K and requires a qualified solicitor with 0-3 years' experience in property litigation. The role also emphasizes client relationship management and offers flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Davies Incentive Plan

25 days holiday which increases with service

Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)

Simply Health Care Cash Plan

WeCare – 24/7 online GP and mental health support

Death in Service

Critical Illness Cover

Pension Contribution

Employee Resource Groups

Gym Flex

Qualifications

• 0 - 3 years of Defendant’s property litigation experience.
• Experience of running a case load.
• A working knowledge of Household and Commercial recoveries.

Responsibilities

• Initial review and report on case files.
• Investigate evidential matters to establish cause of action.
• Dealing with disclosure and reviewing evidence.
• Instruct counsel and experts.
• Legal research and drafting documents.
• Attend conferences and trials with counsel.
• Liaise with lay and insurer clients.

Skills

Ability to prioritise workload

Attention to detail

Ability to work with case management systems

Client relationship skills

Education

Qualified solicitor or equivalent

Job description

Description

Keoghs LLP is one of the leading insurance law firms in the UK and the most dynamic in its sector. We now have several exciting opportunities for a talented insurance lawyer to join the Property Risks & Coverage Team. These roles will be based in our Bolton, Birmingham, or Bristol offices and will focus on the Recoveries specialism. Flexible working is encouraged for the right candidate. Our recovery team works across the national offices; however, location is not the determining factor for success in this role.

This is a Claimant role and the successful candidate will handle a case of load of Household and Commercial Property recovery files which will deal with a wide range of perils (fires, floods, impacts, product liability) from a selection of the team’s well-known insurers. Typically the value of these claims exceed £10,000 and we are looking for candidates who can handle claims valued between £10K and £100K and upwards of £100K. Experience in claims valued over £100,000 will be a differential.

This is a technical and at times client-facing role for a well‑rounded lawyer, so you will have a keen interest in building client relationships through the delivery of training and mentoring as well as in delivering first‑class legal solutions to complex problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Initial review / report and consideration of funding
• Investigating evidential matters to establish cause of action
• Dealing with disclosure
• Reviewing evidence
• Instructing counsel and experts
• Legal research
• Drafting generally
• Attending conferences and trials with counsel
• Dealing with routine correspondence
• Liaising with lay and insurer clients
• Engaging in settlement negotiations including consideration and
• Drafting of Part 36 offers
• Preparing pre-action and interim applications
• Preparing documents for trial
• Assisting with ADR (including mediation)
• Court appointments
• Conducting advocacy by telephone and in person

Ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations

Recruitment Criteria

• Qualified solicitor or equivalent with relevant technical capability
• 0 - 3 years Defendant’s property litigation experience
• Experience of running a case load
• A working knowledge and understanding of the Household and Commercial recoveries

Required Soft Skills

• An ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to work with case management systems
• The personal skills to deal with such work as major and expensive litigation involving liaison with senior claims handler

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24 / 7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death in Service
• Critical Illness Cover
• PHI / Income Protection (Private health insurance)
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Gym Flex
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets
• after successfully completing probation

We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.

Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.