Assistant to Lead Lawyer

Assistant to Lead Lawyer
This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with a Lead Lawyer in our Casualty Team dealing with a variety of our more complex and high value cases.
In this role you will competently manage a caseload of EL/PL cases on behalf of a number of insurance clients.
In addition, you will assist the Lead Lawyer with more complex, high value multi-track cases.
Experience of casualty claims is preferred and excellent attention to detail essential. Your work will be supervised and feedback given. The role also includes the need to engage with senior claims handlers in long-standing insurance clients.
In this role you may also be required to assist the Lead Lawyer in activities which enhance and develop our profile.
Key Responsibilities
You will work as part of a team progressing each file from receipt of papers from the insurer client to resolution of the claim. The role will include:

• Working with the Lead Lawyer to manage a caseload of complex injury claims including high value multi-track claims.
  
• Communicating with insurer clients, dealing with their queries and updating them as the matter progresses.
  
• Forensic analysis of voluminous quantum evidence, preparing chronologies, identifying anomalies and other relevant information across various sources and categories of evidence.
  
• Using your existing knowledge personal injury to identify relevant issues within medical records in order to instruct medical experts, drawing key issues to their attention.
  
• Critical analysis of sources of liability evidence and identifying any gaps.
  
• Drafting concise technical advice on all aspects of claim handling to include advice on indemnity, liability, quantum and causation issues and claims resolution for strategy discussion with the Partner.
  
• Proactively identifying next steps required on matter, discussing those aspects with the Partner and taking action as agreed.
  
• Interviewing witnesses and drafting statements.
  
• Liaising with parties involved in claims including the insured, insurer, witnesses etc.
  
• Drafting pleadings and applications.
  
• Instructing counsel.
  
• Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards.
  
• Delegate assigned tasks for a Paralegal and be fully engaged in their development in terms of technical ability and achievement of objectives.
  
• Maintaining case managements systems with up to date management information for clients.
  
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
  Working Hours
  35 hours per week, Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch.
  Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
  Experience of liability and quantum essential.
  Experience of personal injury in casualty claims preferred.
  Critical thinking and quantum analysis experience required.
  Good telephone advocacy skills.
  Positive, confident and enthusiastic.
  Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills including the ability to compose professional written communications.
  Good advocacy skills.
  Excellent inter-personal and client care skills.
  Understanding of case law and litigation practice and process, and Court Practice Rules.
  Ability to plan and prioritise workloads, keep to deadlines and work under pressure.
  Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
  Ability to weigh facts, apply the law and make decisions.
  Ability to anticipate problems and identify solutions.
  Driven to achieve to take development opportunities when they arise with a positive attitude.
  Calm under pressure with the ability to re-prioritise and delegate effectively when required.
  Confidence to take initiative to innovate and adapt to changing situations.
  Confidence to seek advice and guidance when dealing with new tasks.
  Ability to follow instruction and with attention to detail and to give clear instruction, direction and guidance to more junior members of the team.
  Ability to recognise when sensitivity and tact are required.
  Ability to effectively work within a team.
  Proficient IT skills (Word, Excel and Office).
  Good standard of education – 5 GCSE’s grade C/5 or equivalent including maths and English.
  Required Soft Skills:
  Personal Effectiveness
  
• Team Commitment - Values others perspective
  
• Resilience - Demonstrates self-control
  
• Passion for Growth and Improvement - Systematically improves performance
  
• Embracing Change - Responds positively to change
  Business Focus
  
• Client Care: Works to add value for the client
  
• Decision Making
  
• Negotiation, Influence and Persuasion
  
• Commercial Insight: Considers and understands commercial implications
  Values
  Our culture is focussed on making ourselves sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our four values are at the heart of everything we do. Our values:
  We are connected
  We are dynamic
  We are innovative
  We succeed together
  Benefits
  Davies Incentive Plan
  25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
  Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
  Simply Health Care Cash Plan
  WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
  Death in Service
  Critical Illness Cover
  PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
  Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
  Cycle to Work Scheme*
  Tech Scheme*
  Season Ticket Loan*
  Gym Flex*
  Access to Online Discount Sites
  Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
  Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
  Discounts at local retail outlets
  
• after successfully completing probation
  About us:
  We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.
  We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.
  Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.
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