Occupiers' and Public Liability Lawyer

Express Solicitors Limited; Manchester; Sur place; GBP 49 500 - 60 500; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Private medical insurance

Gym & sports teams

Hybrid working after probation

Résumé du poste

Express Solicitors Limited, headquartered in Manchester, seeks an experienced lawyer for the Occupiers’ and Public Liability department. Ideally 1 year PQE, or CILEX qualified, or qualified through experience; RTA litigators retraining welcomed with full training and ongoing support.

You will manage your own OL/PL caseload from inception through to conclusion, with high-quality non-CMC work and a collaborative office culture that supports junior professionals and career progression.

Qualifications

• Experience handling OL/PL fast track claims is advantageous; retraining from RTA experience welcomed.
• Billing and commission experience desirable.
• Strong collaboration and development mindset for junior team members.

Responsabilités

• Manage a caseload of OL/PL claims from inception to resolution.
• Conduct legal research and provide clear advice to clients.
• Draft pleadings and witness statements; prepare court bundles.
• Negotiate settlements and represent clients in court when required.
• Work in a target-driven, fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate with colleagues to achieve successful outcomes.

Connaissances

Litigation experience

Legal research

Drafting pleadings

Formation

CILEX qualification

Qualified through experience

Outils

Proclaim

Description du poste

Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award‑winning, no win no fee law firm specialising exclusively in personal injury claims. Headquartered in Manchester, we support clients nationwide across all areas of personal injury, including employers’ liability, serious injury, clinical negligence, occupiers’ and public liability, road traffic accidents and industrial disease.

We are ranked 64th in The Lawyer UK Top 200, out of more than 10,000 law firms nationwide, and after achieving a 20% year‑on‑year growth, Express Solicitors are the largest personal injury claimant firm in the UK.

Our commitment to outstanding client care is reflected in our Trustpilot rating of 4.8 (Excellent), placing us among the highest‑rated firms in the sector.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced lawyer to join our Occupiers’ and Public Liability department. The successful candidate will ideally have at least 1 year PQE, be CILEX qualified, or be qualified through experience. However, we value tenacity, ability, and enthusiasm just as highly as formal qualifications. We also welcome applications from experienced RTA litigators seeking to retrain into OL/PL work, with full training and ongoing support provided.

The role involves managing your own caseload of predominantly pre‑ and post‑issue fast track OL/PL claims from inception through to conclusion.

We benefit from high‑quality, non‑CMC sources of work, ensuring our lawyers deal only with genuine claims.

At Express Solicitors, we strongly believe that office‑based collaboration plays a key role in professional development, particularly for junior team members. Our experience shows that working together in person provides greater support, encourages knowledge sharing, and accelerates career progression.

We are proud of our supportive and sociable culture, where colleagues often become genuine friends as well as teammates.

Lawyers are also well supported operationally, typically benefiting from the assistance of a Litigation Assistant and secretarial/typing support, either dedicated or shared depending on seniority and experience.

We offer a highly competitive and transparent commission structure, paid monthly in arrears, with no thresholds, hurdles, or caps — rewarding you for every successful case you bring to completion.

Responsibilities

• Managing a caseload of OL/PL claims from cradle to grave
• Conducting thorough legal research and providing sound legal advice to clients
• Preparing and drafting legal documents, including pleadings and witness statements
• Negotiating settlements and representing clients in court when necessary
• Working in a target driven, fast paced environment
• Collaborating with colleagues to ensure the successful outcome of cases.
• Keeping up to date with changes in relevant laws and regulations
• Progressing claims efficiently through litigation to maximise client outcomes

Person Specification

• Proven billing track record of handling a litigated caseload from cradle to grave.
• Genuine tenacity.
• A focus on advancing cases to and through litigation to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
• Experience handling OL/PL fast track claims is advantageous; however, we also welcome candidates with strong litigated RTA experience who are seeking to retrain into OL/PL litigation
• Experience dealing with both portal and predominantly non‑portal cases
• Knowledge of the civil procedure rules, precedent, trends in litigation, and an ability and willingness to utilise the same to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
• Demonstrable experience of dealing with litigated files from inception, through applications and challenges, to trial / disposal hearing.
• Previous exposure of Proclaim case management system is advantageous.

Salary & Hours

A basic salary of up to £55,000, dependent on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears.

Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday. There is a degree of flexibility which can be discussed at interview.

Hybrid Working

3/2 hybrid working pattern after probation.

23 Days Holiday

• Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.
• 3 holiday buy backs and an extra day for your birthday after service length requirement.

Looking After Your Health

• Private medical insurance available after 2 years' service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.
• 24/7 onsite Gym, Netball/Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.

Work Life / Balance

Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.

Recruitment Process

Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning.

Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.

Petal Peters, our Recruitment Manager, is happy to answer any questions you may have, about what Express Solicitors can offer you.

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