Military Solicitor

Executive Network Legal Limited; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal recruitment firm in Cardiff is seeking a Military Lawyer to cover maternity leave on a 9-month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will manage a litigated multi-track personal injury caseload and ensure compliance with legal protocols. Duties include drafting core litigation documents, instructing experts, and driving settlement strategies. This role offers a salary of £38,500 - £41,500 and a hybrid working arrangement with generous benefits including holidays, discounts, and pension contributions.

Benefits

Generous benefits package

Hybrid working arrangements

Discounts

Pension contributions

Qualifications

• Manage a litigated personal injury caseload from pre-action to settlement.
• Draft and settle core litigation documents effectively.
• Instruct and manage experts and attend relevant hearings.

Responsibilities

• Drive settlement strategy and pursue interim payments.
• Conduct disclosure and prepare trial-ready bundles.
• Manage key milestones and procedural risks.

Skills

Litigated multi-track claimant personal injury

Drafting litigation documents

Negotiation and settlement strategy

Routine advocacy

Compliance with CPR and Protocol

Education

Chartered legal executive or qualified solicitor

Job description

Military Lawyer (Maternity Cover) 1-3+ PQE, Cardiff, £38,500 - £41,500, hybrid

An exciting opportunity to join the Military Injury Department on a 9‑month fixed‑term contract, covering maternity leave.

Overview

• Manage a litigated multi‑track claimant personal injury caseload from pre‑action through to settlement or trial, ensuring CPR and Protocol compliance with minimal supervision.
• Take initial instructions, assess liability, causation and quantum, set case strategy, diarise key milestones, and manage procedural, evidential, limitation and costs risks.
• Draft and settle core litigation documents, including statements of case, schedules of loss, witness statements, applications, directions, and instructions to counsel and experts.
• Instruct and manage medical and non‑medical experts, conduct disclosure, prepare trial‑ready (including electronic) bundles, and attend CMCs, PTRs and interlocutory hearings, undertaking routine advocacy where appropriate.
• Drive settlement strategy through Part 36 offers, ADR and negotiations, pursue interim payments, and manage rehabilitation in line with relevant industry guidance.
• Hybrid working arrangements: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.
• Open to chartered legal executives or qualified solicitors.
• Generous benefits package including holiday, birthday day off, hybrid working, discounts, pension and others.

eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

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.