Senior Associate - Casualty Injury (0652)

Mills & Reeve; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

Mills & Reeve in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Associate with at least four years PQE to join our Insurance Disputes NSL. You will run your own EL and PL caseload, including multi-track matters, and you may handle some clinical negligence work.

You will act for direct corporate clients and insurers, supervise junior lawyers, and support in marketing events and client seminars. This role offers a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits, and we value inclusion and flexible working

Qualifications

• Extensive defendant personal injury litigation experience.
• Excellent written English for drafting purposes.
• Advocacy skills.
• Self-starting with initiative.
• Ability to manage own caseload and direct others.

Responsibilities

• Run own EL and PL caseload including Multi Track matters.
• Supervise junior lawyers, trainees and paralegals.
• Assist in team marketing events and delivering client seminars.
• Represent direct corporate clients and insurers.

Skills

Defendant PI litigation

Advocacy

Time management

Initiative

Job description

The role

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. Although not a core component of the work undertaken, some experience of clinical negligence litigation would be an advantage for the successful candidate. 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
• Good time and file management skills

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

The Benefits

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

Pre employment screening

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

Use of AI during the recruitment process

Technology is changing rapidly and we are all increasingly using AI software in our day to day lives, as well as using it to support our learning and professional development.

Here at Mills & Reeve, we embrace the use of technology and AI and we recognise that candidates may use AI tools to support their applications. As a regulated industry, we expect candidates to use such tools responsibly, honestly and in a manner that allows us to make a fair and accurate assessment of their individual skills, experience and suitability for the role.

Please ensure you have thoroughly read the document attached below to understand what we deem acceptable uses of AI.

The firm

At Mills & Reeve, our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision - achieve more together. It's a state of mind in every client relationship we start and every choice we make. And it's what clients consistently say distinguishes us from your average law firm.

You can expect a close and attentive working relationship with a team that's responsive when you need them. You'll receive advice tailored to your individual needs. Wherever in the world you or your business needs support, we'll draw on our network to give recommendations.

We're driven by our values - we're ambitious, we're open, we care and we collaborate. We embrace new ideas, communicate honestly and are easy to work with. We're committed to you, our planet, our communities and each other.

We've been listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list as one of the best big organisations, and we've recently been reaccredited Platinum Investors in People status - a standard achieved by only 8% of assessed organisations.

And finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.

To find out more about our diversity and inclusion work, visit our website.