Post-Defence litigator

Keoghs

Bolton

On-site

GBP 30,000 - 45,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Davies Incentive Plan

25 days holiday per year

Simply Health Care Cash Plan

WeCare – 24/7 online GP

Death In Service – after 1 years’ service

Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer

Cycle to Work Scheme*

Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide

Job summary

A leading company in legal and claims solutions is seeking a Post-Defence Litigator in Bolton. The role involves managing a portfolio of litigated cases, ensuring the prompt recovery of damages and costs, and adhering to court deadlines. Successful candidates will have legal experience and strong communication skills, contributing to team targets and personal development. Competitive benefits and a supportive working environment are offered.

Qualifications

Experience of working in a legal environment.
Preferably experience of quantum negotiations.
IT literate: proficient in use of Microsoft Office packages (Excel and Word).

Responsibilities

Effective management of the litigation process to ensure KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved.
Organising, prioritising and handling own workload in line with standard operating procedures.
Delivering quality work, as a minimum meeting audit benchmark standards.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Organizational Skills

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Education

Experience working in a legal environment

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Description

Keoghs is the leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector.

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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