Catastrophic Injury Solicitor or Legal Executive

RTA and EL/PL / Complex Injury and Chronic Pain - Solicitor or Legal Executive

Catastrophic Injury Solicitor or Legal Executive - Manchester

Solicitor or Legal Executive - This leading national defendant catastrophic injury team is looking for an experienced solicitor or legal executive to handle a range of challenging and exciting work for a key client. Work can range up to £5m in terms of value and concerns a broad variety of chronic pain cases. The firm offers an extremely flexible hybrid working pattern allowing the successful candidate to work from just about anywhere in the country.

Summary

• Job Title: Solicitor / Legal Associate
• Location: Manchester - role offers flexible / remote working
• Salary: £40,000 - £50,000
• Work pattern: Fully flexible work pattern
• Reports to: Partner
• Previous Experience: Ideally candidates should have around 3 PQE or more in defendant catastrophic injury work or complex multi-track. Experience of either RTA or EL/PL (or both) is desired. The hiring managers will also consider those with fast track experience depending on their level of complexity.

Niche chronic pain team

This is a niche team working collaboratively from various offices throughout the country. The team focuses in particular on complex and challenging chronic pain cases for a key client of the firm and is set to grow considerably over the coming year or so as they expand the offering. Cases include:

• Fibromyalgia;
• complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); and
• other neuropathic and nociceptive conditions.

The successful candidate will report into the Partner heading up this specialist Chronic Pain team. They are looking for an experienced lawyer who is keen to cut their teeth on engaging work and ultimately assist the Partner in rolling out the offering to other clients. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to work and support on other complex injury matters including head and spinal injury cases.

Brand new offering

What makes this role so unique and exciting is that it involves working directly with a highly respected Partner with around 20 years of Catastrophic Injury / Large Loss experience. They have developed a new offering which they have built around this particular client. Due to the resulting increase in workload, the Partner is now recruiting for the right candidate to help manage the caseload allowing the Partner to focus more on business development to other major insurers.

The ideal candidate

Applicants should ideally have some kind of exposure to complex injury or complex fast track or multi track. They should be passionate about complex injury and about delivering an excellent service for their client. The role presents a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the most respected lawyers in this area, whilst offering real scope for progression.

Don't hesitate to apply to find out more.