Senior Serious Injury Solicitor
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield
- Salary
- £50000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 26 Sep 2019
- Reference
- BBBH27425
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- Practice area
- Personal injury
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 7 years+
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Senior Serious Injury Solicitor
West Yorkshire
QED are working with a leading national firm with an excellent reputation in Personal Injury work who are looking for an experienced Serious Injury PI Solicitor to join their team.
The right candidate will have at least 8 years' PQE and must be used to handling the most serious and complex types of injury cases, most of which have values into the £millions.
The types of work you will be dealing with including amputations, head, brain and spinal injuries and severe orthopaedic injuries, progressing cases through to settlement.
There is also a supervisory aspect to this role as you will be managing a small team including junior lawyers from including Trainee and NQ Solicitors.
With close links to APIL, Headway and SIA you will help maintain and develop the relationships with these organisations.
The firm has gone through a period of streamlining over recent times and is a robust and secure place to work in what can seem like a de-stabilised claimant PI Market.
Salary bracket is generous and the top end of the market rate outside London (£50k-£75k) dependent on experience. Benefits are great too with a bonus structure up to 15%, up to 30 days holiday, life assurance, pension and healthcare cash plan.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, then please contact Graham Rawlinson at QED Legal for a confidential chat.
Company
QED
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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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