Legal Secretary jobs in United Kingdom

Application Deadline: 1 October 2025

Department: Legal

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Birmingham

Job Title: Assistant Lawyer

Suitable for: Solicitor / Legal Executive / Paralegal / Lawyer / Associate

Areas of expertise: Catastrophic Injury / Large Loss / Multi-Track / Complex Injury / Personal injury / RTA / EL / PL

Salary: Discussed upon initial application

Contract type: Permanent, Full or Part-Time hours considered

Location: Birmingham, hybrid working 1 day per week in the office (although we would also be open to our other office locations)

Ref No: DAV-3453

Your Role: As our next Assistant Lawyer to join the Birmingham office, you will be working alongside Partner, Marsha Godwin. You will work closely with Marsha and the team in handling a mixture of complex, high value EL, PL and RTA multi-track claims.

The role will also include the need to engage with senior claims handlers in long-standing insurance clients as well as assisting Marsha in activities that enhance and develop Keoghs’ profile. Which, in turn will enhance your own development and career and provide excellent advancement.

As Assistant to Marsha:

• Working with the Partner to manage a caseload of complex injury claims including high value multi-track and catastrophic injury claims involving brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation and fatal claims
• Communicating with insurer clients, dealing with their queries and updating them as the matter progresses.
• Forensic analysis of voluminous quantum evidence, preparing chronologies, identifying anomalies and other relevant information across various sources and categories of evidence.
• Using your existing knowledge of complex injury symptomology to identify relevant issues within medical records in order to instruct medical experts, drawing key issues to their attention.
• Critical analysis of sources of liability evidence and identifying any gaps.
• Drafting concise technical advice on all aspects of claim handling to include advice on indemnity, liability, quantum and causation issues and claims resolution for strategy discussion with the Lead Lawyer.
• Proactively identifying next steps required on matter, discussing those aspects with the Lead Lawyer and taking action as agreed.
• Interviewing witnesses and drafting statements.
• Liaising with parties involved in claims including the insured, insurer, witnesses etc.
• Drafting pleadings and applications.
• Instructing counsel and attending conferences, JSMs, mediations both remotely and in person.
• Attend court in person or by telephone, attend trials, settlement conferences etc as required.
• Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards.
• Delegate assigned tasks for a Complex Injury Paralegal and be fully engaged in their development in terms of technical ability and achievement of objectives.
• Maintaining case managements systems with up-to-date management information for clients.

What you’ll have:

• You will be a qualified solicitor, CILEX or have proven legal experience in a similar role
• You will have experience of indemnity, liability and quantum
• We will consider a claimant background if you have significant large loss / CAT experience
• You will be a well-rounded lawyer with a deep understanding of case law, litigation practice & process and Court Practice Rules
• You will be fully engaged in the development of yourself and others
• You will have the ability to deliver an outstanding service to clients

Working at Keoghs as part of The Davies Group, you will receive a host of benefits that can be flexed to suit your needs:

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
• 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
• Critical Illness Cover
• PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• 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