Assistant Lawyer - City of London, United Kingdom - Keoghs LLP

Keoghs LLP

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City of London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Assistant Lawyer / Solicitor - Crime & Regulatory

This role offers the opportunity to assist our Lead Lawyers dealing with motor crime, inquest work and regulatory cases often from the day of the incident, investigating the incident circumstances and assisting with the case through to resolution.

The team predominately deal with health & safety, nursing/care sector, environmental and motor crime cases but also undertake compliance audits.

This is a technical and client-facing role for a well-rounded lawyer, so you will have a keen interest in building client relationships through the delivery of training and mentoring as well as in delivering first class legal solutions to complex problems.

Accountabilities of the role:

Review and analysis of prosecution evidence and considering implications for lay client/company
Drafting statements of insured/witnesses
Review of client's evidence obtaining, collating, indexing, crossreferencing with own statements and Prosecution's statements, summarising evidence for lead file handlers
Liaising with Court, Coroner's Office and CQC/Police/HSE or relevant regulator
Liaising with experts instructing own experts, summarising expert evidence, serving reports
Serving Defence case statements, sentencing bundles and mitigation bundles
Drafting written submissions, following liaison with lay client/corporate client
Liaising with Insured re Prosecution's case and disclosure required
Reviewing transcripts of evidence
Organising and attending conferences & meetings, drafting note of discussion and following agreed strategy following lead lawyer's strategy
Attendance / representation at interview under cautions
Attendance behind Counsel for trials & inquests drafting notes of evidence, outcome and sentencing
Arranges meetings, conferences, site visits, expert appointments
Chase for transcripts and disclosure, collating the evidence
Review of medical records, post mortem reports and CCTV footage
Attending site, taking photos and drafting basic statements
Research into relevant HSE guidelines
Research into Insured's corporate structure, their procedures, risk assessments, documents
Collating witness availability
Preparation of bundles for hearings, serving bundles
To ensure compliance with the SRA standards & regulations

Recruitment Criteria:

A qualified Solicitor with a minimum of 1 years PQE, with crime, regulatory or care home inquest experience.

An ability to prioritise workload
Ability to pay attention to detail
Ability to work with case management systems
The personal skills to deal with insureds in a sensitive manner given the context within which they find themselves in
Good telephone and communication skills with people at all levels inside and outside the business
Calm under pressure
Selfconfidence, with good literacy and IT skills
Good team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a result and ensure client service levels are met
Ability to work effectively within the Keoghs Shared Values framework

In return:

As well as the development opportunity this role will bring your benefits package would include: 25 days holiday per year (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days), increasing to 26 days after 5 years' service and 27 days after 10 years' service, Private MedicalInsurance, Health Cash Plan, Life assurance, Critical Illness Cover, PHI/Income Protection, Pension Contribution based, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Gym Flex

Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our five values are at the heart of everything we do;

Keoghs values