Assistant Solicitor – Consumer Law and Product Safety, IGC Department, Ref: AS/IGC/GTM
                 
Leigh Day is urgently seeking an Assistant Solicitor, to assist a Partner in our Consumer Law and Product Safety team. This is an exciting and challenging new role and the successful applicant will hold a responsible position assisting a Partner with his caseload. The work will mainly focus on clinical trials, defective products and consumer law claims against large companies.  The role will also involve exploring emerging areas of legal redress under consumer law.  

Leigh Day is a specialist law firm with some of the country's leading product liability, personal injury, clinical negligence, international, human rights, employment and discrimination teams. Within the Consumer Law and Product Safety Liability team we challenge manufacturers of everyday items such as food, cosmetics, and electrical goods. We are fighting for consumers’ rights to be free from harm by items we all have in our homes. Over 20 years we’ve become the biggest and best specialist Product Liability team in UK, winning landmark cases for individuals and groups. We act exclusively for claimants who've been injured or treated unlawfully by others. . 

This position will ideally suit candidates who possess 0 to 3 years PQE’ with relevant work experience, although all applications will be considered. Previous experience in high value personal injury and/or clinical negligence is essential. Demonstrable experience in Consumer Law, Product Safety Liability and / or group litigation procedures is highly desirable although not essential. Though candidates from both claimant and respondent backgrounds will be considered, in order to be successful s/he must be able to demonstrate a genuine interest to work with a leading claimant law firm. 

If you want to learn more about Leigh Day’s Consumer Law and Product Safety Team please visit Product Liability - Defective Products

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Contract: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
Closing Date: 24 June 2015; (Interviews to be held on the w/c 29 June 2015)

Please have a look at our website http://www.leighday.co.uk/Careers/Solicitors to find out more about this opportunity and details of how to apply or click the "Apply" button. 

To apply, please return the following documents to jobs@leighday.co.uk by 24 June 2015

• A covering letter clearly stating a) why you are interested in this role, b) how your experience and skills match the role requirements, c) your current salary details and d) applicable current notice period.  
• A copy of your up-to-date CV. 
• The completed application form and Equality and Diversity form (To download the Application Form please click here). 

Unfortunately failure to return all the above requested documents will result in your application not being considered. 

Leigh Day is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. A copy of the Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request.