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Health Litigation Associate

Employer
Search Legal
Location
England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
Salary
£40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Closing date
9 Nov 2018
Reference
Req/500732

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Practice area
Other
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
2 years
Position
Paralegal, Solicitor, Trainee and graduate
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

A leading and award-winning international commercial law firm is looking for Health Litigation Associates for its Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool offices.

Manchester - up to 3 years experience
Leeds - 3-6 years experience
Liverpool up to 2 years experience

Please note; Part time hours/home-working will be considered for the Leeds office.

The firm's expertise span's the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

You will have a Law Degree (or equivalent) along with Defendant Clinical negligence experience.
You will have the ability to work independently and as part of a growing team whilst demonstrating an understanding of clients needs/expectations.

All of the above coupled with the below:

- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent organisational skills
- Demonstrate high level of IT skills to ensure compliance with client data security requirements and ability to work in a paper-lite environment.

Duties will include:

- Drafting reports to Medical Protection
- Quantifying claims
- Liaising with member and co-defendants
- Interviewing witnesses
- Drafting witness statements
- Instructing experts
- Instructing counsel
- Attend Court for Case Management Conferences and Application Hearings
- Negotiate settlements
- Hold conferences with Counsel
- Prepare for and attend trial

From time to time, you may also be required to:

- Cover secondments at Medical Protection offices (Leeds/London) if required
- Draft articles
- Give client training and presentations
- Provide assistance in the running of colleague's files where necessary

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Company

At Search, our Legal specialism provides bespoke recruitment solutions to all aspects of the legal community across the UK, and Channel Islands. Our expert legal recruitment consultants working on roles within private practice, in-house legal and the public sector boast a wealth of experience gained in legal practice and throughout the industry.

Our private practice team forms the core of our legal business. We specialise in providing tailored career advice to legal professionals at all levels, from paralegal to qualified solicitor, associate through to partner. Our industry teams, comprising of both in-house and public sector divisions, have legal experience, underpinned with detailed industry knowledge.

As one of the leading legal job agencies in the UK, Search Consultancy has an enviable list of expertise and resources:

  • Search has filled over 60 locums and 250+ permanent placements per year.
  • Search Legal has 20+ specialist consultants with over 145 years combined international experience in legal recruitment.
  • We also have dedicated resource team with over 150 years combined experience
  • A unique approach to delivery combining broad legal knowledge with a deep understanding of the many disciplines within the legal profession.

At Search, our legal division provides bespoke recruitment solutions to all aspects of the legal community across the UK, and the Channel Islands. Our specialist teams within private practice, in-house legal and the public sector boast a wealth of experience gained in both legal practice and throughout the industry.

Our private practice team forms the core of our legal business. We specialise in providing tailored career advice to legal professionals at all levels, from paralegal to qualified solicitor, associate through to partner.

To register with Search Legal or find out more about our range of services please contact your local market expert. Alternatively visit https://www.search.co.uk/jobs/legal/  to view the full range of opportunities currently available.

Brighton
Third floor 96 - 99 Queens Road
Brighton
BN1 3XE
T: 01273 855000


117-119 High Street
Crawley
RH10 1DD
T: 01293 848 100

Park Row House, 
19-20 Park Row
Leeds
LS1 5JF
T: 0113 308 8000

Suite 2 Ground Floor 
4 St Paul’s Square
Liverpool
L3 9SJ
T: 0151 229 5555

Floor one 
Corner Block 
Quay Street, 
Manchester, 
M3 3HN
Tel: 0161 835 8600

 

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Telephone
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Location
Brighton, Crawley, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool,
Edinburgh, Manchester
Various
BN1 3XF
GB

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