Litigation Assistant
- Employer
- Thompsons Solicitors
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Salary
- £26,683
- Closing date
- 16 Oct 2024
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- Practice area
- Personal injury
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Not applicable
- Position
- Legal executive
- Sector
- In-house
Job Details
Are you passionate about helping individuals seek justice and navigate the legal landscape? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a drive to excel in a dynamic legal environment? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
As a Litigation Assistant, you play a crucial role in managing a caseload of pre-litigated cases, primarily focused on personal injury claims for our union members. These cases encompass a variety of scenarios, including road traffic accidents, employers' liability, and public liability claims.
A very varied role, the Litigation Assistants carry out a range of tasks, including initial assessment on merits when the case exits the portal, obtaining evidence in support of liability including from witnesses and pre action disclosure, As well as obtaining medical evidence where appropriate, instructing non-medical experts where appropriate and decisions on disclosure, they are assessing value of claim, attending on clients, witnesses, experts, union clients, third parties and defendants.
We keen to hear from enthusiastic individuals, including recent graduates with a keen interest in personal injury law. If you are currently studying towards your SQE or an equivalent qualification, we are willing to train the right candidates.
We are looking for excellent communicators with an outstanding client focused approach with the ability to work efficiently, accurately, and meet deadlines.
Knowledge of personal injury law and familiarity with Pre-Action Protocols, Civil Procedure Rules, and funding procedures is advantageous, but we are open to training candidates who show a strong interest in this area.
Understanding of case management systems and proficiency in utilising the Microsoft suite (e.g., Word, Excel, and Outlook) is also desirable.
Company
Thompsons Solicitors was first established in 1921 by founder and leading civil rights lawyer, W. H. Thompson. Driven by a vision to protect and deliver justice for working people, his aspiration led Thompsons Solicitors to establish itself as the most experienced personal injury law firm in the UK.
For over 90 years, Thompsons Solicitors has helped injured people to secure hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation. Our team of committed personal injury specialists have decades of experience running, and winning, personal injury claims, workplace accident claims, road crash claims, medical negligence claims, industrial disease claims and asbestos claims.
Thompsons Solicitors is fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and our personal injury and medical negligence lawyers are accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), and Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA). Our team’s empathy and legal skill are regularly recognised by leading legal industry guides, including Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, and we retain high levels of client satisfaction.
Providing an exceptional legal service to clients during the exceptional circumstances which follow a personal injury or medical accident, an accident at work or industrial disease diagnosis is Thompsons Solicitors’ top priority. This includes highly-trained and friendly teams who invest their specialist expertise into every claim, as well as close links with leading charities and support groups who help families to access additional support and services.
Unlike other personal injury law firms, Thompsons Solicitors is 100 per cent committed to claimant only work: that means that we only ever represent the injured or mistreated person, and never the people, organisations or insurance companies liable for paying out for those injuries. You can learn more about this unique commitment and the benefits it holds for our clients by reading Our Pledge.
Minimising any stress and ensuring there is no financial risk to clients of making a personal injury claim is an important element of our service. Thompsons Solicitors prides itself on securing the maximum amount of personal injury compensation in the shortest possible time; keeping our clients fully informed about every stage of their case, and being open and transparent about how much personal injury compensation clients are likely to secure – putting you in control of your case.
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