- Managing your own, varied caseload and files in-line with National Practice Standards and complying with precedents.
- Drafting court documents, preparing schedules, creating files, proof reading and briefing counsel.
- Drafting Witness statements.
- Drafting schedules of Loss.
- Instructing Medical experts.
- Cost budgeting.
- Delegating to more junior fee earners and legal support staff to meet required deadlines as well as providing supervision when required.
- Marketing and networking initiatives to help develop further business.
- Senior Clinical Negligence Solicitor with a proven track record in this area.
- Strong commercial awareness and a good level of understanding of the relative law is required.
- A good law degree or legal academic background such as ILEX study & LLM or LPC.
- Proven ability of nurturing and developing professional networks, both internally and externally would be highly advantageous.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain good working relationships.
- Excellent client care and communication skills are essential.
- Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
- 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment
- 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
- Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
- Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral
- Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
- Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP's, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
- Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
- Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injury
- Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
- Life Assurance cover
- Workplace pension
- Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
- Dental Insurance
- Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services
Principal Lawyer - London, United Kingdom - Slater Gordon
Description
We are looking to appoint a talented, experienced Principal Lawyer to join our first class, specialist Clinical Negligence team.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about the work they do, the service they provide and getting the best results for their clients. Our team of Clinical Negligence Solicitors are experts in dealing with NHS and medical negligence claims ranging from medical misdiagnosis to amputation, cancer, nerve injury, spine injury, birth injury, head/brain injury and negligence claims against doctors, surgeons and hospitals.
Client service is at the heart of Slater and Gordon's business: We take pride in the quality of instructions we secure and the unfailing support we provide to our clients. You'll need talent, ambition, focus and drive. We'll also need you to have fantastic organisational skills and attention to detail.
At Slater and Gordon we are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation. So, we're building a culture where difference is valued. Our culture motivates our employees to give their full selves to the job and invest in the company's future. Our people see value in their work and are eager to do well in their roles. Our values ensure that all our employees are working towards the same goals.
Responsibilities to include
About You
What we offer in return:
We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:
Your Professional Development
We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.
Our Values
Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.
How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
· We do what we say we will
· We don't wait we create
· We own it, we sort it
· We respect and encourage each other
· We make time to live
The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.