Paralegal / Litigation Assistant, 1-2 years experience
- Recruiter
- Kennedys
- Location
- Scotland, Edinburgh
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 20 Sep 2017
- Closes
- 18 Oct 2017
- Ref
- 35780
- Contact
- Kennedys Law LLP
- Job Title
- Paralegal
- Practice Area
- Litigation
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are looking for a Paralegal/Litigation Assistant to join our expanding team in Scotland to be based in the Edinburgh office. The successful candidate will have experience of working within a team of solicitors in a busy department, providing the very best client service across a varied caseload of liability and motor instructions. Industrial disease claims handling experience will also be welcomed.
Type of Cases:
Motor liability
Employers liability
Public liability
Industrial disease
Experience
Essential:
Prior experience of high volume claims handling within a professional environment.
Kennedys' Firm information:
Kennedys is an international law firm with expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, particularly in the insurance/reinsurance and liability industries. With over 1,700 people worldwide across 32 offices in the UK and Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America, we have some of the most respected legal minds in their fields.
We act for insurers, reinsurers, Lloyd's Syndicates, public bodies and corporates. Our deep sector knowledge means that we understand the impact of proposed regulations and advise our clients on the implications this will have on their business. Every day we make a difference for our clients.
We provide answers, recommendations, strategy and tactics. We deliver these in plain English and it's what we call Legal advice in black and white.
What do we have to offer?
At Kennedys we offer a vibrant and supportive working environment built upon our core values; we are approachable, and responsive, we show respect for people, we are trustworthy and straightforward and we ensure that we deliver economic solutions for our clients.
Career Development:
We actively encourage all staff to develop in their chosen career by providing early responsibility, supervision and training.
Please see attached job specification for further information.
*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.