Personal Injury Advocate; Solicitor or Barrister: Manchester

Manchester firm has an ever growing Personal Injury department and they are now looking for an In house counsel to take over the advocacy

You could be a solicitor or barrister with a current practising certificate and have good solid experience in personal injury and be prepared to take on an advocate role

The role will comprise of the following duties:

Dealing with block bookings at local Stage 3 MOJ Hearings

Telephone conferences/application

Dealing with Fast Track Trials

Drafting of pleadings and court documents including but not limited to Schedule of Loss in low to medium valued Multi Track cases

Provide written advice on cases

The successful candidate must have previous experience and have:

Excellent working knowledge of the CPR, JC Guidelines etc.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and proven ability to work to deadlines.

Sound experience of claimant personal injury

Would be beneficial to have defendant personal injury experience

Attention to detail, excellent organisational skills are paramount.

Excellent client care skills and management of client expectations

Empathetic, compassionate with an even temperament to deal with potentially difficult situations with the ability to think logically.

IT skills such as WORD / EXCEL / OUTLOOK are essential.

Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience required. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfill this kind of work.