Remote Catastrophic Injury Solicitor

Job Description

100% Remote Working

Solicitor or Legal Executive

Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury & Catastrophic Injury

Full Time (Or potentially 4 days/week)

What is on offer?

  • Work 100% remotely
  • Salary up to £47,000 + annual bonus
  • Advise on catastrophic injury cases valued over £100k
  • No need for business development or marketing
  • No pressure & responsibility of running your own caseload
  • Progression opportunities

What will you do?

  • Work within a high value claimant Catastrophic Injury & Clinical Negligence team
  • Assist a very experienced team leader with matters including:

- Take initial instructions

- Identify and proof liability witnesses

- Create & draft letters of claim

- Attend conferences with experts, counsel & clients (alone or with the team)

- Prepare all matters for issue

- Manage all critical dates - & comply with court timetables

- Prepare court documents including witness statements, claim forms, schedules of loss, particulars of claim, lists of documents etc

- Instruct and brief counsel

What will you need?

  • To be a qualified solicitor or legal executive (with practicing rights, or very soon able to obtain these)
  • To already be a Grade A or B Fee Earner
  • 4+ years PQE
  • Ideally to have handled Multi-Track personal injury or clinical negligence cases
  • EL/PL experience
  • Catastrophic injury experience is useful but NOT essential
  • Litigation & CPR knowledge handling litigated matters
  • Experience handling agreed costs work

Benefits Include:

  • Salary up to £47,000
  • Annual bonus
  • 100% work from home if required
  • 25 days holiday (increasing over time)
  • All equipment supplied inc laptop

What next?

  • Click on apply now to send your CV over
  • Or call Paul Norman today for a confidential chat about this role and your next career move