Assistant Solicitor – Employment Department 
Ref: AS/EMP/CB/AUG15
                 
Leigh Day is a specialist claimant and trade union law firm with some of the country's leading employment and discrimination, personal injury, product liability, clinical negligence, international and human rights teams. We act exclusively for claimants who've been injured or treated unlawfully by others. We are driven by our ethos of “Davids” fighting the “Goliaths” around the world. 

Driven by our recent successes in Employment, large group claims, and as winners of the 2015 Employment Law team of the year, Leigh Day is urgently seeking to hire a passionate, 6 - 8 PQE / equivalent, employment lawyer, with demonstrable private practice experience. S/he will have considerable experience in Employment Tribunal and Civil claims and working with Trade Unions. S/he will have proven expertise in conduct of cases, from initial advice through to trial, and supervisory experience in managing qualified & non-qualified fee-earners. Experience of Employment Appeal Tribunal, Appeal Court, multi-party actions and civil litigation will be highly advantageous. Having a committed client following/base will be an added advantage. 
 
This is a new role and provides the perfect opportunity for a first class lawyer, with exceptional legal skills and experience, in legal cases funded by a range of agreements, to join a nationally renowned law firm of outstanding calibre, recognised for many ground-breaking employment cases. The successful candidate will work directly with one of the Firm’s highly acclaimed, employment Partner, on a stimulating workload, including a varied and diverse range of individual, No Win No Fee, Trade Union, Insurance, Private and Group Claims.

If you want to learn more about Leigh Day’s Employment Department please visit http://www.leighday.co.uk/Asserting-your-rights/Employment-law

Contract:        Permanent, full-time position
Salary:         Competitive
Closing date:     Monday, 31 August, 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. 

To apply, please return the following documents to jobs@leighday.co.uk by Monday, 31 August, 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 (downloadable from our website). 

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.