Keoghs
liverpool
Full Time
Permanent
Job Title: Assistant Lawyer – Catastrophic Loss / Complex Injury (Solicitor / Legal Executive / Paralegal / Lawyer)
Salary: Discussed upon initial application
Contract type: Permanent, Full or Part-Time hours
Location: Liverpool, hybrid working 1 day per week in the office (although we would also be open to our other office locations)
Complex & Catastrophic Loss Team at Keoghs
Here at Keoghs, in our complex & catastrophic loss department we have market-leading advisors who are at the forefront in the defence of complex and catastrophic injury claims.
With team members based in all of our office locations across the UK, we are able to provide national coverage to a long list of major insurers, public bodies, and corporate clients. Our Chambers and Legal 500 recognised team has an exceptional track-record in dealing with complex and catastrophic claims.
With a unique collaborative approach, that promotes the sharing of information between teams, we ensure a consistently high level of service provision, as well as enhancing the team ethos within our clients’ teams.
We also work with our opponents, seeking to achieve a fair outcome at the earliest possible opportunity. This not only enables us to deal with individual claims but to look more widely to identify claim trends and opponent’s strategies to ensure clients have that insight at the earliest possible stage.
Keoghs’ reputation for innovation speaks for itself. Our five Special Interest Groups (‘SIGs’) – made up of teams of leading experts from across our offices, focussing on key injury groups within this sphere – ensure that we always provide clients with the very latest insight and advice, while standardising and rationalising internal handling processes
Your Role:
As our next Assistant Lawyer to join the Liverpool office, you will be working alongside Partner, Victoria Coleman. You will assist Victoria in handling a mixture of mostly EL/PL with some RTA large loss and CAT loss cases over £1 million with unlimited value.
The role will also include the need to engage with senior claims handlers in long-standing insurance clients as well as assisting Victoria in activities that enhance and develop Keoghs’ profile. Which, in turn will enhance your own development and career and provide excellent advancement.
As Assistant to Victoria:
You will work as part of a small team progressing each file from receipt of papers from the insurer client to resolution of the claim. The role will include:
Your benefits at Keoghs:
Working at Keoghs as part of The Davies Group, you will receive a host of benefits that can be flexed to suit your needs:
What you’ll have:
You will be a qualified solicitor, CILEX or have proven legal experience in a similar role
You will have experience of indemnity, liability and quantum
We will consider a claimant background if you have significant large loss / CAT experience
You will be a well-rounded lawyer with a deep understanding of case law, litigation practice & process and Court Practice Rules
You will be fully engaged in the development of yourself and others
You will have the ability to deliver an outstanding service to clients
Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our four values are at the heart of everything we do.
Keoghs values:
We are connected
We are Dynamic
We are Innovative
We succeed together
Should you wish for an informal discussion prior to your application please do not hesitate to reach out. We look forward to your application.
Keoghs
liverpool
Full Time
Permanent