Solicitor/Litigation Executive | 3+ years’ experience | Hull

About Hudgell Solicitors

We are an award winning Legal 500 firm with specific expertise in claims involving personal injury, medical negligence, abuse, civil liberties, inquests, criminal injuries, and international travel.

We are looking to recruit a Solicitor / Litigation Executive (with at least 3 years’ experience) to join our Personal Injury Department in our Hull offices to manage a caseload of claimant multi track RTA and EL/Pl files. You will be working as part of a friendly and ambitious team where everyone works closely to deliver the best result for our clients and their families. This is a busy and challenging role which offers a great opportunity for rewarding client work.

We pride ourselves on our client care and consistently achieve a score of over 4.8 out of 5 on Trust Pilot We are committed to equality and diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

You will deal with all aspects of running a case from initial interview of client to final outcome, with an understanding of the issues involved in dealing with multi-track cases, such as costs and the litigation process.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Liaising with clients, counsel, defendants and other third parties.
• Collating and reviewing documentation and evidence.
• Expeditiously progressing cases in line with client expectations.
• Actively engaging in Business Development to ensure high visibility of the department and wider company.
• Regularly updating clients as to the current status of their case including regular updates on costs.
• Adhering closely to client protocol and process.
• Complying with the required standard for internal procedures.
• Any other duties commensurate with this post.

Person specification

• Commitment to excellence in client care.
• Have experience of portal, fast track and multi track personal injury claims including litigated work.
• Have experience of EL and PL claims.
• Be commercially aware.
• Be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Have a high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a demanding environment.
• Excellent communication skills, demonstrated by an ability to communicate accurately, clearly, and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent time management skills demonstrated by ability to organise and prioritise a complex workload and work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in and contribute to a team environment.
• Solid experience in using a variety of IT packages. Use of Proclaim, Case Management System, an advantage.