Job Description
Salary:
£36 000 - £38 000
| The Department |
Our Casualty team provides a full, expert service in defending public and employers' liability claims, particularly workplace, public sector and claims against the emergency services. Weightmans' team is second-to-none in providing defendant litigation services in these specialist areas. We operate on a national basis with dedicated workplace, public and police teams. |
| The role |
Key duties and responsibilities
- Assist a partner & team handling a caseload of local authority claims, including highways, social care cases, and all other types of local authority litigation work. This will include Public Inquiry & Inquest work.
- Understand and advise on new and developing areas of law such as the evolving duty of care, human rights, defamation and data protection/information law.
- In part, the role will involve reviewing large volumes of documents, summarising them, preparing them for disclosure to other parties in litigation, and reporting on liability, value and tactics
- Achieve set hours and billing targets
- Meet deadlines, and comply with procedural requirements from clients and the firm
- Comply with relevant policies and procedures
- Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values
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| The person specification |
- Previous experience of managing a personal injury caseload, although not essential
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail and concentration
- Excellent collaborative and team working skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to work to deadlines and targets
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
- Flexible approach
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