Post-Defence litigator

Davies; Bolton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services and technology firm seeks a Litigation Executive to manage a portfolio of litigated cases in their post-litigation team. This role involves adhering to court deadlines, drafting essential documents, and negotiating outcomes while ensuring compliance with KPIs. The position requires strong communication and legal expertise, with a focus on personal development and team collaboration.

Benefits

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

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Access to Online Discount Sites

Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a legal environment.
• Preferably experience of quantum negotiations.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office packages.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of litigated cases.
• Organise and prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
• Draft court documents and negotiate quantum.

Skills

Experience of working in a legal environment

Quantum negotiations

IT literate

Excellent listening skills

Verbal communication skills

Ability to remain calm under pressure

Ability to take constructive feedback

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel and Word)

Job description

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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.
• 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*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• 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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We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.

Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.