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Assistant Lawyer
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Update day: 01-06-2024
Location: Bolton North West
Category: Legal / Contracts
Industry: Legal
Job type: Permanent
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Job content
This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with Carrie Hoey in our Complex Injury Claims Team dealing with large loss claims. In this role you will assist a lead lawyer on complex, high value injury claims which will include EL/PL as well as RTA claims. Experience of indemnity, liability and complex medical issues is required and excellent attention to detail essential. Your work will be supervised and feedback given. The role also includes the need to engage with sophisticated senior claims handlers in long-standing insurance clients. In this role you may also be required to assist your Lead Lawyer in activities which enhance and develop Keoghs’ profile.
Key Accountabilities
You will work as part of a team progressing each file from receipt of papers from the insurer client to resolution of the claim. The role will include:
Working with the Lead Lawyer to manage a caseload of high value complex injury claims.
Communicating with sophisticated 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 reserves, 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.
To ensure compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
Values:
Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our five values are at the heart of everything we do.
Keoghs values:
We listen, are down to earth and supportive
We work together towards a common goal
We’re friendly with a can do attitude
We care about our clients
We evolve
Contract Type
Permanent
Area
Complex Injury 1
Sub Area
Complex Injury Bolton
Office
Keoghs Bolton Parklands
Closing Date
03 Mar 2022
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Deadline: 16-07-2024
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