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Complex Injury Paralegal

Hybrid in Southampton·Full-time·Added 6 months ago (last checked 26 Oct)

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Our summary

Work mode
Hybrid, Southampton
Contract
Permanent, full-time hours
Holiday
25 days holiday
Pension
3% employer pension
Commute
Cycle to work and season ticket loan

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 5 GCSEs (grade 5/C or above)
  • Demonstrable interest in law (e.g. LPC, CILEX, or experience in a legal environment)
  • Experience of the litigation process-ideally in personal injury
  • Strong communication and telephone skills
  • Confident, organised, and able to manage competing priorities
  • High attention to detail-especially when tasks are repetitive
  • Good IT, literacy, and administrative skills
  • A proactive team player with the flexibility to support the needs of the team
  • Ability to work in line with the SRA Code of Conduct

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Davies Incentive Plan
  • 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 outlets

*after successfully completing probation

The role

Keoghs LLP | Complex Injury Team
Full-time | 35 hours per week | Monday-Friday


Are you looking to develop your career in complex and high-value personal injury work?

Keoghs is looking for a dedicated Complex Injury Paralegal to join our successful and growing Complex Injury Team in Southampton.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience assisting with large loss, catastrophic injury, and high-value multi-track claims-including multi‑million‑pound brain, spinal, amputation, and fatal injury cases, as well as large loss claims up to £1m.

If you're currently working in a personal injury paralegal or support role and want to advance your career in complex injury litigation, we'd love to hear from you.

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What you'll do

Working closely with our Lead Lawyer and wider Complex Injury Team, you'll support the progression of high-value personal injury matters from instruction through to resolution. Duties will include:


File & Case Support

  • Preparing, filing, serving, and diarising basic court documents and hearing dates
  • Liaising with experts, counsel, insureds, and witnesses
  • Coordinating conferences, hearings, joint settlement meetings, and expert appointments
  • Managing CRU registrations, updates, and settlement notifications
  • Reviewing medical records, photographic evidence, and surveillance footage
  • Drafting summaries, mandates, and applications for records and police reports
  • Redacting documents to maintain privilege and GDPR compliance
  • Taking and fielding calls from all parties involved in the claims

As Your Skills Develop

With experience and supervision, you'll progress to tasks including:

  • Preparing instructions to counsel
  • Drafting witness statements and liaising with witnesses
  • Preparing and reviewing disclosure
  • Attending client meetings and preparing notes
  • Drafting updates to clients and more complex court documentation

Skills & Expertise

Essential Skills & Experience

Soft Skills

  • Team Commitment - Values collaboration and others' perspectives
  • Resilience - Calm under pressure
  • Growth Mindset - Keen to develop and improve
  • Adaptability - Embraces change positively
  • Client-Focused Thinking - Adds value through service quality
  • Commercial Awareness - Understands broader business implications
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