RTA Solicitor (Non fee-earning)
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
- Salary
- Up to £0.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 15 May 2019
- Reference
- BBBH24940
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- Practice area
- Personal injury
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Not applicable
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
This award-winning law firm is looking to recruit an non fee earning RTA Solicitor with a current Practising Certificate at their stylish head office in Manchester City Centre.
Day to day you will be responsible for:
- Dealing with block bookings at local Stage 3 MOJ Hearings
- Telephone conferences/applications
- 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
- Providing 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
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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