Legal Counsel jobs in United Kingdom

Location: Southport

Hybrid working available with the flexibility to work from home and collaborate in-office when needed. We believe we offer our colleagues the best hybrid and flexible working practices, balancing working from home with time collaborating and socialising with colleagues in our modern offices.

Turn Your Legal Skills Into Life-changing Results. Join Fletchers Group, where a supportive culture meets meaningful work. We’re seeking a Clinical Negligence Paralegal to manage a supervised caseload, assist senior solicitors, and work on complex, often life-changing cases. You’ll draft documents, conduct research, liaise with clients and medical experts, and help deliver outstanding results.

Hybrid working, great benefits, and real career growth await. Make a difference with every case. Join our Clinical Negligence team.

We are one of the largest Clinical Negligence departments in the UK, with over 200 team members and a strong national reputation. Our work includes all forms of clinical negligence, and we have a dedicated team handling the most severe injury cases caused by medical mistakes.

• 35 hours working week
• Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days holiday per year, until your long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment
• Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events
• Monthly voucher awards for winning nominees
• A genuinely supportive and friendly culture
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

• Ensure the delivery for yourself of all KPI targets set by the firm.
• Ensure cases are progressed in a timely, efficient, and proactive manner.
• Liaising with clients, experts, barristers, third party solicitors and insurers as directed.
• Dealing with all aspects of pre and post issue procedures under supervision in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Ensuring all actions as per Proclaim Action List are completed in a timely fashion.
• Accurate time recording.
• Maintaining client files in good order in accordance with Lexcel and other quality assurance requirements.
• Reporting to Senior Lawyer as required.
• Assisting in the collection of & collating of medical records
• Preparation of client documents such as witness statements
• Dealing with a caseload of Clinical Negligence cases in the early stages and assisting team members with tasks

• Desire to work in this area of law and preferably some experience
• Graduate, preferably with Law related degree and / or professional qualification such as LPC or route to BAR or CILEX
• Desire and ability to take direction and supervision from team leader
• Proven legal and forensic skills
• Good research skills
• Attention to detail
• Keen analytical skills
• Good organisational skills
• Excellent people skills and service ethos
• Ability to influence at all levels
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Flexible and willing to commit to achieving results and meeting deadlines.
• Excellent Client Care Skills

We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.

Fletchers is a fast-growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, we’ve evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation.

We work across England, with offices currently in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bolton, Southport, Newcastle, Reading, Birmingham, Northampton and Cambridge. We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector. Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We offer some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in the industry because we understand that balance drives performance. We value connection and collaboration, and provide clear paths to progression and development from apprenticeships and professional qualifications to senior roles and Partnership. We invest in development, with a significant proportion of colleagues working towards relevant qualifications at any given time.

We reward those who help build our success and live our values. Our benefits package is designed to grow with you, with base pay and a bonus structure that recognises high performance. Join us and be part of a law firm that is growing and redefining what it means to work in legal services. Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce: we welcome applications from any background. We are committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive, and we are proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme and our adoption of other diversity standards to reflect our ethos.