Catastrophic Injury Lawyer - Southampton, United Kingdom - Keoghs

Description

Job Description

Job Title: Solicitor / Legal Executive / CAT Injury / Complex Injury

Salary : Discussed upon initial application

Contract type: Permanent, Full & Part-Time hours will be considered

Location: Southampton

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 Solicitor / Legal Executive to join the Southampton office, you will be working alongside Lead Lawyer & Partner Andrew Williamson:

Andrew is a lead catastrophic injury lawyer who covers a wide range of RTA/Casualty claims whilst also drawing on his past experience including criminal law, mental health, police actions, inquests and human rights. The majority of his cases involve high value spinal injuries, brain injuries and amputations, for which he has been instructed regularly by numerous major insurers over the last decade. Andrew has also been involved in high profile, group litigation and is a recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500.

As Assistant to Andrew:

• You will work with him to manage a caseload of complex injury claims consisting of claims typically valued up to £10m but including claims valued significantly higher involving injuries of the utmost severity.
• You will also be responsible for the day-to-day running of large loss files, of a value commensurate with your experience but typically up to £500k, to enable you to build your own profile with clients.
• You will communicate with insurer clients, advising them on all aspects of claims and keeping them updated as the matter progresses. As you progress in the role, you will draft concise, technical advice on all aspects of cat injury claims.
• You will developing relationships with Keoghs' clients in order to win their confidence in your detailed knowledge of their cases and your knowledge of the issues, which impact catastrophic claims.
• You will engage, support and delegate to more junior members of the team and be fully engaged in their development in terms of technical ability and achievement of objectives.

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:

• Hybrid working 1 day minimum per week in office
• Entry into the Davies Incentive Plan
• Private medical insurance
• Permanent health insurance
• Critical illness cover
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Holidays 25 days plus 8 bank holidays (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days), holidays rise to 26 days after 5 years' service and 27 days after 10 years' service
• Death In Service – after 1 year
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Gym Flex

What you'll have:

• You will be a qualified solicitor or Legal Executive
• You will have proven, relevant experience in the CAT arena
• 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.