Are you Litigation Assistant with defendant experience looking for a new opportunity?
We can offer you:
- A competitive salary with great benefits including private medical, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and a bonus day off for your birthday
- A varied workload covering
- A culture of trust, empowerment and autonomy over your work
- Part of a vibrant, forward- thinking team with the support of friendly, approachable partners who encourage and support your career development
- Hybrid working with the option of working from one of our Midlands offices, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Stratford
The role:
We are looking for an experienced Senior Litigation Legal Assistant to join our supportive Insurance Business Solutions team.
This is a great opportunity for someone who loves variety, enjoys client facing work and getting stuck in. You will play a pivotal role in managing mainly RTA small track claims from instruction to settlement, reporting to clients, keeping on top of MI and having good financial hygiene.
If you are self-driven, conscientious, hard-working with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.
- Running your own caseload of files independently
- Dealing with clients and third parties in a professional manner, maintaining close and regular contact, as required
- Investigating the credibility of claims, always acting in the insurers best interest
- Defending RTA claims, the majority of which will be small track claims
- Carrying out legal research in relation to liability disputes, case law and technical areas of insurance law
- Maintaining good file management, including electronic and paper storage, archiving and filing
- assisting the head of the team and, where necessary, other senior members to produce high quality legal services to clients on a broad range of defendant insurance work
- Assisting with monthly billing, all client specific billing and other related financial administration
- Taking telephone calls, handling queries and enquiries, where appropriate
- Opening and closing files, as required
- Overseeing and managing the management information requirements for a key client
What you’ll need:
- A minimum of 12 months’ previous experience defending RTA cases
- A working knowledge/experience of local authority highway cases and defending claims caused by potholes
- The ability to run a caseload of Motor claims with minimal supervision
- Experience of dealing with small and fast track claims
- knowledge of valuing claims
- To be a team player, with the ability to build rapport with colleagues and clients alike
- A desire to exceed client expectations
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- A high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a demanding environment
- Excellent organisational and prioritising skills
The Team
Our Litigation Services & Dispute Resolution group has long-standing experience of working with some of the most successful and influential businesses in the UK and also internationally. Our specialist teams combine expertise with a sound understanding of the commercial landscape to provide exceptional solutions for every aspect of our clients’ corporate requirements.
Our niche Insurance Business Solutions team represent a variety of blue-chip clients, insurers, intermediaries and self-insureds; advising in all matters of contention arising out of employer, public, property and motor liability claims. In addition to defending such claims we lead, often as part of the first response team, investigations into causation liaising with all relevant stakeholders. We are also known for representing household insurance names, often dealing with very complex and high value claims. We have a team of ambitious, self-driven individuals who support each other both in and out of work. Team work, respect and solidarity is at the forefront of the team ethos and our aim is to become the premium service provider of choice within the insurance market.
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We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
We have hubs in Birmingham, Leicester, London, Lincoln, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield. This role will be predominantly home based with travel as required into Birmingham or one of our other West Midlands hubs |
Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.
Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here. |
Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. |
