Paralegal/Legal Executive
- Recruiter
- DAC Beachcroft LLP
- Location
- Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Salary
- Competitive + on request
- Posted
- 10 Aug 2014
- Closes
- 30 Aug 2014
- Ref
- 22946
- Contact
- Chris Watling
- Job Title
- Legal Executive
- Practice Area
- Personal Injury
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Vacancy Paralegal/Legal Executive
Team Claims Solutions – Large Loss
Location Leeds
Background
With over 2,300 people, DAC Beachcroft combines one of the most comprehensive UK legal networks with coverage across Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia-Pacific. We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate. We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with.
We are committed to supporting the communities where we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and programmes such as those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust.
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2014, recognised more than half of our UK partners as leaders in their field and we hold 126 listings in total.
In Legal 500 2013, a clients' guide to the UK Legal Profession, the firm received a tier 1 ranking for 30 of its practice areas across the UK and 72 rankings in 40 separate practice areas. The firm is also recognised in Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers and Legal 500 Europe and Latin America for its international capabilities with 51 additional international leading lawyers listed.
DAC Beachcroft holds certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and ISO27001, the information security standard, and DAC Beachcroft LLP is the largest law firm in the country to hold a Gold Investors in People award.
For more information, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com
Our Claims Solutions Team advises insurers and corporate clients in their defence of claims relating to fatal accidents, catastrophic injuries, rehabilitation, employer liability, product liability, sports injuries, aviation injuries, occupational stress, repetitive strain, occupational cancers, new diseases, noise- induced hearing loss and severe road traffic accidents. Services cover both high value specialist claims and smaller, less complex ones. In addition to this, the team provides advice on fraudulent claims and coverage disputes.
For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com
The Role
This role will be based within the large loss team assisting an associate with the handling/running of their EL, PL, and RTA personal injury caseload (normal case values of between 100-500k).
Day to day responsibilities will include:
• drafting legal documents, for example witness statements, allocation questionnaires, instructions to experts (medical and non medical), and instructions to counsel.
• conducting telephone applications/hearings, and attending conferences.
• updating client contacts on the progression of cases and generally interacting and building relationships with client contacts at all levels.
• updating management information and handling confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols.
The Person
• Paralegal/Legal Executive, with strong academic qualifications, and litigation experience.
• Able to provide commercially rounded advice to clients, to take initiative and view things from a business perspective.
• Flexible with an ability to adapt to change, both internally and in the context of clients’ businesses.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required together with the necessary confidence to attend Insurer and client sites for the purposes of training/investigation of claims and interviewing witnesses.
• Team player with a collegiate approach to knowledge sharing and problem solving.
Team Claims Solutions – Large Loss
Location Leeds
Background
With over 2,300 people, DAC Beachcroft combines one of the most comprehensive UK legal networks with coverage across Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia-Pacific. We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate. We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with.
We are committed to supporting the communities where we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and programmes such as those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust.
Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2014, recognised more than half of our UK partners as leaders in their field and we hold 126 listings in total.
In Legal 500 2013, a clients' guide to the UK Legal Profession, the firm received a tier 1 ranking for 30 of its practice areas across the UK and 72 rankings in 40 separate practice areas. The firm is also recognised in Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers and Legal 500 Europe and Latin America for its international capabilities with 51 additional international leading lawyers listed.
DAC Beachcroft holds certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and ISO27001, the information security standard, and DAC Beachcroft LLP is the largest law firm in the country to hold a Gold Investors in People award.
For more information, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com
Our Claims Solutions Team advises insurers and corporate clients in their defence of claims relating to fatal accidents, catastrophic injuries, rehabilitation, employer liability, product liability, sports injuries, aviation injuries, occupational stress, repetitive strain, occupational cancers, new diseases, noise- induced hearing loss and severe road traffic accidents. Services cover both high value specialist claims and smaller, less complex ones. In addition to this, the team provides advice on fraudulent claims and coverage disputes.
For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com
The Role
This role will be based within the large loss team assisting an associate with the handling/running of their EL, PL, and RTA personal injury caseload (normal case values of between 100-500k).
Day to day responsibilities will include:
• drafting legal documents, for example witness statements, allocation questionnaires, instructions to experts (medical and non medical), and instructions to counsel.
• conducting telephone applications/hearings, and attending conferences.
• updating client contacts on the progression of cases and generally interacting and building relationships with client contacts at all levels.
• updating management information and handling confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols.
The Person
• Paralegal/Legal Executive, with strong academic qualifications, and litigation experience.
• Able to provide commercially rounded advice to clients, to take initiative and view things from a business perspective.
• Flexible with an ability to adapt to change, both internally and in the context of clients’ businesses.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required together with the necessary confidence to attend Insurer and client sites for the purposes of training/investigation of claims and interviewing witnesses.
• Team player with a collegiate approach to knowledge sharing and problem solving.