Paralegal - Personal Injury

Lime Solicitors; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Job summary

Lime Solicitors is seeking a motivated paralegal to join the Serious Injury team. You’ll support with claimant personal injury work, assist with running caseloads from start to finish, liaise with clients and instruct experts, and help prepare cases for trial.

The role emphasizes development, collaboration, and progression within a nationwide firm known for high-quality complex work in the serious injury field. Agile working is offered.

Qualifications

• At least 6 months experience in dealing with personal injury.
• A passion for assisting people impacted by injury and trauma.
• Excellent communication skills, and an ability to demonstrate empathy when required.
• A high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a fast-moving environment.
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of a team to provide assistance on claimant personal injury work.
• Assisting with running caseloads from start to finish, liaising with clients and instructing experts e.g. medical experts and barristers, negotiating with the other side, and preparing cases for trial as appropriate.

Skills

Personal injury experience

Communication skills

Empathy

Initiative

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly growing firm within the serious injury market where you’ll gain exposure to high-quality, complex work.

With a strong emphasis on development, collaboration, and progression, this role is ideal for someone looking to build a long-term career in serious injury litigation while working alongside experienced professionals.

The Team

The Serious Injury team sits within our Consumer Business (LIME), which in turn sits within our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. The team deals with some of the most complex and high-profile personal injury claims nationally and won the Catastrophic Injury Team of the year at the 2023 national Personal Injury Awards.

Find out more about Martin Usher who leads the team.

Key Responsibilities

Working as part of a team to provide assistance on claimant personal injury work. Assisting with running caseloads from start to finish, liaising with clients and instructing experts e.g. medical experts and barristers, negotiating with the other side, and preparing cases for trial as appropriate.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• At least 6 months experience in dealing with personal injury.
• A passion for assisting people impacted by injury and trauma.
• Excellent communication skills, and an ability to demonstrate empathy when required.
• A high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a fast-moving environment.
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills.

Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.

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Additional information:

Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Equal opportunities

Lime, as part of the Ampa Group is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

About Lime

Welcome to Lime Solicitors, where we believe in the power of expert legal advice to transform lives. Our commitment to empowering individuals is at the core of everything we do. With a client-centric approach, we ensure a seamless legal process founded on empathy and understanding.

As market leaders in clinical negligence, personal injury, inheritance disputes, employment disputes, and professional negligence, Lime Solicitors is dedicated to excellence in every aspect of our work. Join our supportive nationwide team, where everyone is valued and treated with respect and dignity.

As part of Lime Solicitors, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate closely with clients, advocating for their needs and achieving the best possible outcomes for them and their families. Together, we share their stories to raise awareness and make a positive impact in our communities.

We are proud to be a part of Ampa, a group focused on unlocking potential. We believe in the power of &: corporate & human, purposeful & profitable, ambitious & inclusive. Ampa Group provides the shared infrastructure, development programmes, culture, values and empowered working framework that enable our brands, and our people, to thrive. For you, that means access to award-winning learning, flexibility built on trust, and opportunities to collaborate across a diverse network of specialists.