Credit Hire Litigator
- Employer
- Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
- Location
- England, Kent, Bromley
- Salary
- £23000 - £25000 per annum + Good Package
- Closing date
- 12 Oct 2017
- Reference
- J34757495
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- Practice area
- Insurance
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Not applicable
- Position
- Paralegal
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
We have an opportunity for a Credit Hire Litigation Executives to join a busy Litigation team based in Bromley; it will be your responsibility to recover uninsured losses from third party insurers by building good strong relationships and negotiating costs with them for a positive outcome.
Key Tasks will include:
The efficient risk assessment of liability/causation/ and quantum issues
Client care skills to include liaising with client's to obtain necessary instructions in relation to any allegations of liability, fraud, causation or quantum and to effectively manage client expectations
Make relevant intel enquiries on cases where causation/fraud has been raised as an issue
Enquiries re: special damage and to obtain documents in support
Advise the client on liability and quantum and to secure instructions for the service of P36 offers in relation to liability and/or quantum and or both
Pro-actively manage a minimum number of 150 files
Maintain good professional working relationships both internally and externally
Deliver a quality service
First time resolution of customers queries - to reduce calls escalate
Required experience:
Vast knowledge of recovering losses from third party insurers
Handling files from inception to completion, including trial
Conducting case management conferences
Preparing applications
Reviews and risk assessments
Attending conferences with both clients and counsel (if necessary)
Knowledge of the civil court procedures and relevant case laws relevant to credit hire
To be considered for this position please contact Josh@douglas-scott.co.uk
Please contact Josh Minzie, Legal Recruitment Consultant, to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration.
Douglas Scott are a legal recruitment expert and the UK's leading law firms trust us with their legal vacancies. We are a regulated recruitment consultancy and will discuss this role and seek your approval before submitting an application directly to the decision maker.Please see our website www.douglas-scott.co.uk for more legal positions.Company
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment are multi-award winning legal recruitment experts.
Our business – put simply – is to remove the pain points candidates may otherwise experience on their journeys.
Sure, we act for legal professionals of all levels making lateral moves, taking steps up the ladder or looking for contract legal opportunities.
And yes we can boast a network of connections that spans nationwide private practice, the UK’s in house legal departments and now the Middle East, Asia and the Far East.
But we are the only REC and APSCO affiliated legal recruitment specialist with an ISO9001 accredited quality management system and the Investors In People Gold Standard award.
And by externally validating our day to day activities in the wider business community we have been able to place customer experience at the heart of our business proposition.
Which means people like dealing with our team – a very experienced, settled and happy bunch they epitomise the Douglas Scott brand personality and will demonstrate a genuine interest in you and your career.
- Website
- http://www.douglas-scott.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0161 233 6360
- Location
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Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
No1 Spinningfields
1 Hardman Square, Spinningfields
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3EB
GB
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