Catastrophic Injury Paralegal Coventry Coventry, England
Job description
Area of Practice: Defendant Insurance
Location: Coventry
Type: Private Practice
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000
Posted On: Friday, August 4, 2023
Recruiter Name: Tony Seymour
Recruiter Telephone: 07813 605881
Job Reference Number: TS/893870
Paralegal / Legal Executive / Litigation Executive – Personal injury paralegal – Catastrophic Injury – Large Loss – Coventry
Catastrophic Injury / Large Loss Paralegal – Coventry
Catastrophic Injury / Large Loss – This is a fantastic role with a growing team based in the Coventry office of this highly-regarded national UK law firm. The successful candidate will work directly with an experienced Partner on a range of complex and high-value EL/PL matters. Clients range from ‘tier 1’ insurers to leading corporates, promising a huge variety of work.
Summary
- Job Title: Paralegal
- Location: Coventry
- Salary: £21,000 – £28,500
- Work pattern: Hybrid
- Reports to: Partner
- Expertise: Ideally proven experience of insurance litigation with strong academics. No need for previous catastrophic injury or large loss experience.
Introduction to the team
This team specialises in complex EL/PL injury work anywhere from £100K to £1m+ in terms of value. The successful applicant will work on a range of files for major ‘blue chip’ insurance clients assisting experienced catastrophic injury lawyers.
Cases may involve serious accidents at work involving head and spinal injuries as well as severe crushing injuries. Matters also involve other long-term conditions including Chronic Pain cases.
What skills you will develop
You will develop knowledge concerning the technical aspects of a given case, such as:
- drafting court documents;
- assessing medical reports;
- instructing counsel;
- preparing trial bundles;
- attending court.
You will also learn about case strategy and tactics, whilst working directly with an experienced Partner in the team as well as with other lawyers throughout the firm’s impressive network.
Build you working day around you
Though technically based from Coventry colleagues benefit from hybrid working with 1 day in the office and 4 days working from home. That said, candidates living further a-field may travel to their closest office wherever they are based with only an infrequent need to physically attend the Coventry office.
This is a brilliant opportunity for anyone with a real aptitude and passion for high-value, technical work and who wants to develop their career with one of the leading law firms in the country.
