Legal Advisor - Litigation
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Merseyside, Birkenhead
- Salary
- £24000.00 - £34000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 15 Apr 2020
- Reference
- BBBH30436
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- Practice area
- Personal injury
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Not applicable
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
A highly successful legal 500 firm in Liverpool is looking for a Legal Advisor to manage a caseload of litigated files. Day to day your caseload will consist of Fast Track RTA cases and you will be involves through all stages of the investigation and litigation process.The salary is up to £34,000.On top of a competitive basic salary you will also operate on a fully flexi basis, you almost have full control over your hours as long as you are working your 37.5 hours.Main Responsibilities: - Responsible for a high-volume caseload of Fast Track Personal Injury RTA claims, making use of the firm's Case Management Systems and using the agreed internal procedures and practices.To progress your caseload in a manner to ensure that clients receive appropriate, professional, timely and pertinent legal advice, with regular contact, whilst managing their expectations.To deal with cases with denial of liability and causation arguments with minimal supervision.To be able to assess liability and quantum to include reviewing medical reports, researching and obtaining relevant case law, drafting schedules of special damages and assessing suitable awards for compensationTo identify early those cases where proceedings would be tactically beneficial to litigate and to do so expeditiously.Take a practical but commercial approach to settlements and advising clients as to litigation/cost risks.To achieve and exceed various targets set in relation to, for example, profit costs and issuing, without compromising the firm's integrity.To liaise appropriately and timely with sources, medical agencies, experts, third party insurers and other relevant parties to ensure that cases are pro-actively progressed.To attend, where appropriate, court hearings to make representations in respect of the claim before the judiciary. Where necessary, and in accordance with the firm's internal policies and procedures, to instruct Barristers to represent clients at hearings and obtain formal Advice over issues of quantum and liability.Perform to a high level in a target orientated environment.To undertake any other tasks as deemed relevant and reasonable by the business.
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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