£33K/yr to £36K/yr
Manchester, England
Permanent, Variable

Newly Qualified Personal Injury Solicitor

Posted by Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment .

  • Generous and competitive salary
  • home working after probation
  • career progression path

The hiring firm are currently looking for a newly qualified solicitor to join their Personal Injury department on the OL/PL team.

You will be handling a diverse caseload to include some pre and post litigation claims from cradle to grave. Tenacity, ability, and enthusiasm are more important than qualification.

We have high quality non-CMC sources for all our work, ensuring that our lawyers only deal with genuine cases.

For candidates we offer strong supervision channels, excellent training including away days, chance to join a highly ambitious and growing firm.

We offer a generous commission structure, where all our lawyer, get a percentage of every case they win. With no hurdles, and no caps, you are rewarded for the success of every case you bring to completion.

Personal Specification:

  • At least six months experience within the Personal Injury sector.
  • Exceptional client care and quality control skills.
  • Experience with initial client inception (including risk assessments, setting up the file and relevant paperwork).
  • Previous exposure to providing client advice.
  • The ability to handle a caseload with supervision.
  • Previous exposure to providing client advice, instructing experts, analysing reports and valuations advantageous.
  • Ideally you will have drafted particulars for service, prepared quantum evidence, schedules of loss, instructed counsel, drafted witness statement and replies.
  • Proven billing track record of handling a litigated caseload.
  • A focus on advancing cases to and through litigation to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
  • Knowledge of the civil procedure rules, precedent, trends in litigation, and an ability and willingness to utilise the same to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
  • Demonstrable experience of dealing with litigated files from inception, through applications and challenges, to trial / disposal hearing.
  • Knowledge of Proclaim case management system.

Newly qualified rate is £33,000 rising to £36,000 after 6 months. We can be flexible for candidates with pre-qualification experience. 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation.

If you believe your experience or skill set would be a good match for this role please don't hesitate to apply!

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