Solicitor - Casualty and Professional Risk

FQPS Academy Ltd.; Belfast City; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Discount gym membership

Professional funding

Résumé du poste

DAC Beachcroft is seeking an experienced Solicitor specializing in casualty and professional risk to join its market-leading Casualty team. You will manage a varied caseload, liaise with clients, and work under supervision to handle pre-litigated and litigated claims including professional and commercial risk matters.

You will review instructions, advise on prospects, and draft legal documents while supporting partners and mentoring junior colleagues.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with experience in casualty and professional risk.
• Experience handling claims across pre-litigated and litigated matters.
• Ability to work under supervision with senior lawyers to manage complex cases.

Responsabilités

• Manage a varied caseload of pre-litigated and litigated claims.
• Screen matters for prospects and liaise with clients on instructions.
• Review instructions and advise on case prospects and strategy.
• Instruct experts/counsel and draft Witness Statements and court documents.
• Maintain client relationships and manage expectations; meet KPIs.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Client handling

Commercial mindset

Team player

Adaptable/change oriented

Description du poste

Solicitor - Casualty and Professional Risk

Due to continued success and growth, DAC Beachcroft’s Casualty team is seeking to appoint an experienced lawyer to join our market leading team that works with over 40 insurance companies and self-insured corporates.

This role is open to Solicitors.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and well-respected team handling a variety of claims including professional and commercial risk, clinical negligence and employment matters on behalf of Defendants, with exposure to more complex matters under the guidance of experienced supervisors and senior lawyers. Full training and ongoing support will be provided to help you thrive in the role.

What you will do?

You are expected to provide a timely, professional and high-quality service to our clients in the management of claims. With the support of a supervisor and team manager you will be expected to:

• Be responsible for a varied caseload of pre-litigated and litigated work.
• Screen matters for prospects and liaise with clients upon receipt of instructions.
• Review instructions and provide client advice on case prospects.
• Resolve claims through negotiation and litigation within client service standards.
• Instruct experts and counsel, draft Witness Statements and other Court documents.
• Maintain contact with our clients and their customers whilst proactively managing their expectations.
• Meet individual performance measures (financial performance, realisation rates and other KPIs).
• Support the Team Partners in delivering case clinics/surgeries/training to clients
• Support the Team Partners and legal directors on discrete tasks on high value technical claims
• Support the Team supervisors in training and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Authorised lawyers will support the supervision of entry level paralegal colleagues
• Ensure that the DAC Beachcroft brand and standards are maintained.

Who you are

This role is suited to litigation practitioners, ideally those with experience in handling claims in one or more of the following areas:

• Claims dealt with under the clinical negligence practice directions and protocol in Northern Ireland,
• Claims dealt with under the commercial court practice direction and protocols in Northern Ireland and/ or
• Claims before the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal.
• Proven communication skills at all levels
• Excellent relationship and client handling skills. Able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues as well as able to demonstrate a reasonable level of self-sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority
• An ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues
• Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives
• Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
• Demonstrates alignment with the Firm’s Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive).

What's in it for you?

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/Work-with-us/Whats-in-it-for-you
• A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
• Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
• In person and remote social events
• Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Dubai (DIFC), Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.

At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Note for Recruitment Agencies

DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).

Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.

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