Personal Injury Solicitor

BCL Legal Limited; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Job summary

BCL Legal is seeking an Associate or Senior Associate to join its Insurance Disputes team in Birmingham. You will manage your own EL/PL caseload, including multi-track matters, and supervise junior lawyers.

The role also involves handling claims for corporate clients and insurers, with opportunities for progression and involvement in team marketing events and client seminars.

Qualifications

• Extensive Defendant Personal Injury Litigation experience.
• Excellent written English for drafting purposes.
• Advocacy skills.
• Self-starting with initiative.

Responsibilities

• Run own EL/PL claims workload, including Multi Track matters.
• Handle catastrophic injury claims arising from industrial accidents.
• Represent direct corporate clients and insurers; liaise with underwriters.
• Supervise junior lawyers and contribute to marketing events and client seminars.

Skills

Extensive defendant personal injuryLit

Excellent written English

Advocacy skills

Self-starter / initiative

Caseload management

Team supervision

Education

4+ years post-qualification experience

Job description

Associate / Senior Associate - Insurance Disputes - Birmingham

Permanent | Full time

BCL Legal has been instructed on a fantastic opportunity for an Associate or Senior Associate to join a leading national law firm in Birmingham. We are looking for a Senior Associate with a minimum of four years current post-qualification experience to join our Insurance Disputes National Service Line (NSL) based in our Birmingham office.

You will be responsible for running your own case load of EL and PL claims including those valued well into the Multi Track. You will also be undertaking work on catastrophic injury claims largely arising from industrial accidents, assisting the senior team members on those cases.

You will act for direct corporate clients, insurers of commercial entities and other intermediaries acting as third party administrators to Underwriters of commercial and combined risks.

You will also be supervising junior lawyers including trainees and paralegals and assist in team marketing events and delivering client seminars.

The person

You will have relevant experience dealing with personal injury claims and litigation. You will be able to 'hit the ground running', and will have managed your own caseload independently, guiding and directing the resource of others to achieve the agreed strategy and interim objectives in a given piece of litigation. Ideally you will also have experience assisting Partner level fee earners of your team on larger cases.

Essential

• Extensive Defendant Personal Injury Litigation experience
• Excellent written English for drafting purposes
• Advocacy skills
• Self-starting with common sense and initiative

The benefits

On Offer

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• High-quality, complex work for a leading client base.
• Genuine career progression opportunities within a supportive environment.

BCL Legal is an equal opportunities employer.