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Assistant Lawyer

Hybrid in Liverpool·Full-time·Added 3 days ago (last checked 12 Oct)

Davies

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Overview

Job details

  • Permanent contract

    Full-time.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Be near Liverpool for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

Benefits

  • 25 days holiday

    Per the ad, which doesn’t say whether bank holidays are on top.

  • 3% employer pension

    Paid in by the employer, per the ad. The legal minimum is 3%.

  • Cycle to work and season ticket loan

    Commuter benefits named in the ad.

Pay & benefits

  • 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*
  • 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 outlet
*after successfully completing probation

The role

To support a Complex Disease Lawyer to manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes for clients at appropriate levels of profitability. The Assistant will be supporting a Complex Disease Lawyer on a variety of complex disease cases.
Key Responsibilities
  • Reviewing documents and preparing reports
  • Dealing with disclosure
  • Reviewing evidence (including medical /personnel records
  • Conducting investigations with Insured /obtaining witness statements
  • Instructing Counsel / Experts
  • Research
  • Drafting generally
  • Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel
  • Dealing with routine correspondence
  • Court appointments.
  • Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds
  • Ensure adherence to Court timetables
  • To ensure compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct 2011
  • Adhere to the Keoghs Values
35 hours per week
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch
Primary location for this role is: Liverpool
Skills & Expertise
  • Technically proficient in dealing with a range of mixed disease cases
  • Effective negotiator
  • Ability to use own initiative
  • Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken
  • Good listening and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail
  • Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
  • Ability to work under pressure and to target
  • An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
  • Good level of IT skills

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