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Complex Injury Paralegal
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Update day: 04-06-2024
Location: Bolton North West
Category: Legal / Contracts
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Keoghs are seeking a Complex Injury Paralegal to support Lead Lawyers in our Complex Injury Team in Bolton. The role offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience in large loss and complex injury work including assisting on both catastrophic cases involving brain injury, spinal injury and amputation claims as well as on large loss cases valued from £100k to £1M. In this role you will be required undertake a variety of file handling tasks to support a small team within our Complex Injury Claims Team. Your work will be supervised and feedback given as you develop your skills in this area.
Key Accountabilities
You will work as part of a team, supporting those with responsibility for progressing each file from receipt of papers from the insurer client to resolution of the claim. The role will include:
Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards
Preparing basic court documents; filing and serving court documents; and diarising of court orders and hearing dates
Liaising with experts and counsel regarding CVs, fees and availability for conferences, JSMs and hearings
Liaising with insureds and witnesses regarding attendance at conferences, JSMs and hearings. Drafting of witness summons.
Liaising with courts regarding hearings, applications and consent orders
Registering and updating CRU, notifying CRU of settlement
Maintaining experts summary, interim payment records and offer history within case management system
Arranging appointments for claimants to be seen by medical experts; chasing for reports; drafting medical records mandates; applying for records and police accident reports
Review of medical records and drafting summaries of those reviews using the records review spreadsheet
Review of photographic evidence and surveillance footage and preparing a precis of the evidence
Redaction of documents to ensure legal privilege maintained and/or no GDPR breaches
Fielding telephone calls and dealing with general queries received from parties involved in the claims including the insureds, insurers, experts and witnesses
Arranging payments where required
Conducting legal research.
To ensure compliance with the SRA standards and regulations
As competency in role increases, tasks will also include:
Preparing instructions to counsel to advise on papers, in conference or to attend hearings
Liaising with parties involved in claims including the insured and witnesses to obtain evidence and draft witness statements
Preparing disclosure lists of own evidence and reviewing third party disclosure, cross referencing with own evidence and expert evidence, identifying basic anomalies and inconsistencies
Attending client meetings and note taking where client approval given
Drafts non-strategic updates to clients and more complex court documents, subject to supervision.
As competency in role increases, tasks will also include:
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
Contract Type
Permanent
Area
Complex Injury 1
Sub Area
Complex Injury Bolton
Office
Bolton - Parklands
Closing Date
06 Feb 2024
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Deadline: 19-07-2024
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