Litigation Executive
- Employer
- Cape Clarke
- Location
- Remote work
- Salary
- £35000 - £42000 per annum, Benefits: Remote Working
- Closing date
- 7 Sep 2022
- Reference
- SH-125
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- Practice area
- Personal injury
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+, Not applicable
- Position
- Legal executive, Paralegal, Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
£35,000 - £42,000
Due to continued success and demand, my client is seeking an experienced Litigation Executive to support Senior Fee Earners with their busy caseload of high value claimant Multi-Track Personal Injury claims. The successful candidate will work on a fully remote basis and will be provided with everything they need to work from home.
Job Description:
- You will support the main Fee Earners in the CAT PI team on cases worth over £100k in value (Main bulk of claims will be EL/PL, but the caseload will be mixed including some RTA and Military claims).
- Taking initial instructions from clients and preparing draft witness statements.
- Preparing draft letters of claim.
- Diarising and ensuring compliance with court timetables.
- Liaising with experts ,counsel, clients and other general enquiries as required.
- Attending in conference with counsel in person and on the phone.
- Taking witness statements re liability and quantum.
- Researching quantum and other issues as required.
- Preparing court documents including claim forms, schedules of loss, particulars of claim, lists of documents etc.
- Instructing and briefing counsel.
The Candidate:
- This often suits someone wanting to gain more experience in high value work and looking to take a back step from the pressure of running their own caseload.
- Qualifications and/or experience to demonstrate clear ability to be successful in an Assistant position (At least a Grade B Fee earner).
- Good knowledge of legal practice and should have an understanding/ experience of the MOJ portal, litigation and the Civil Procedure Rules.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure.
- Initiative and dexterity of thought: cases are rarely straightforward.
- Compassion and empathy.
- A good mathematical, analytical brain.
- Excellent communication skills.
Company
CapeClarke is a niche legal recruitment consultancy operating in Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle and London.
Pedigree
CapeClarke is the coming together of lawyers from Addleshaw Goddard and Walker Morris. Having worked at Top 50 law firms, we understand the benefits and pressures of working for a successful commercial law firm. We also appreciate what drives a solicitor looking to make a progressive move in their legal career.
We offer a fresh, unbiased approach to legal recruitment - a drive to recruit the right people for the right firm; a commitment to cut through the ‘fluff’ and offer you an honest appraisal of your options; and a culmination of commercial awareness and actual industry experience.
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Contacts
Founding Directors: chris.clarke@capeclarke.com / terry.cape@capeclarke.com
Leeds: 0113 238 5965
Manchester: 0161 3000 750
- Website
- http://www.capeclarke.com/
- Telephone
- 0113 2385965
- Location
-
Princes Exchange
Leeds
LS1 4HY
GB
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