Post-Defence litigator

Keoghs; Bolton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of legal and claims solutions is seeking a professional to join their post-litigation team. The role involves managing a portfolio of litigated cases, ensuring compliance with court requirements, and fostering relationships with clients. Ideal candidates will have a background in legal environments and possess strong organisational and communication skills.

Benefits

Davies Incentive Plan

25 days holiday per year

Simply Health Care Cash Plan

24/7 online GP and mental health support

Death In Service after 1 year

5% Employee / 3% Employer Pension Contribution

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

Discounts at local retail outlets

Qualifications

• Experience in a legal environment preferred.
• Ability to work to deadlines and manage workload.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of litigated cases, ensuring court deadlines are met.
• Draft court documents and statements as necessary.
• Negotiate quantum on cases to ensure timely payments.

Skills

Legal Environment Experience

Quantum Negotiations

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

IT Literacy

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel and Word)

Job description

Department: Claims Management

Location: Bolton

Description

Keoghs is the leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector.
The department deal with pursuing subrogated recoveries on behalf of a number of insurer clients. This is a role in our post-litigation team. The purpose of the role is to effectively manage a portfolio of Delegated (DA) litigated cases where a Defence has been received to ensure that damages and costs are recovered and in appropriate cases judgment is requested in a timely manner and if necessary referred to enforcement.


Key Accountabilities

• Organising, prioritising and handling own workload in line with standard operating procedures to ensure that critical dates are met and KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved.
• Effective management of the litigation process to ensure KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved:
  • Adhering to all Court deadlines
  • Drafting of court documents
  • Liaising with the policyholder and other witnesses including drafting witness statements.
  • Applying for judgment
  • Negotiation of quantum on appropriate cases
  • Ensuring prompt payment of damages and costs by the defendant.
  • Instructing enforcement
• Effective use of the case management system to ensure:
  • Reserving and all other key information is accurate and updated in a timely manner.
  • Critical dates are met
  • All actions/strategies are documented by way of a file note
  • All documents in the history are clearly labelled.
• Delivering quality work, as a minimum meeting audit benchmark standards.
• Driving own personal development.
• Contributes to team effort by working collaboratively to ensure that team targets are achieved and by positively contributing to team morale.
  
  

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Experience of working in a legal environment.
• Preferably experience of quantum negotiations.
• Demonstrate experience of and the ability to:
  • Work to set deadlines
  • Deal with calls and enquiries from customers, suppliers and/or the public
  • Organise and prioritise their workload
  • Work as part of a team
  • IT literate: proficient in use of Microsoft Office packages (Excel and Word)
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Ability to take constructive feedback and set personal goals for continuous improvement.
  
  
  

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• 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 – after 1 years’ service
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• 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

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