Solicitor

Kennedys is currently seeking the below fee earners to join their Liability division, in Chelmsford. 

• Solicitor/CILEX/Litigation Executive, EL/PL
• Solicitor/CILEX/Litigation Executive, Catastrophic Injury

This is a great opportunity to work on a high quality caseload for a variety of clients on fast & multi-track, large loss and catastrophic personal injury claims.

The Liability division is recognised for their specialist expertise in defending insurance liability claims including personal injury matters, from small through to large loss employers' and public liability, and motor claims.  The division also handles catastrophic injury and occupational disease related matters as well as medical negligence and fraud related issues.

There are a number of teams within the Chelmsford office whom handle multiple areas of Personal Injury law.

EL/PL

Kennedys global legal team advises insurers, public bodies, local government and large self-insured clients on the full range of employers' and public liability claims throughout the world. Our EL/PL team in Chelmsford is led up by Andrew Caplan and Tracy Head.  Andrew is a defendant personal injury and dispute resolution lawyer and is based in Chelmsford.  Tracy is based in our London office and specialises in defending liability injury matters.

Type of cases:

• Defending recovery actions by third party insurers
• Occupational disease
• Travel sickness

Type of clients:

• Insurers
• Local Authorities
• TPA/Claims Handlers
• Self-insured Corporates

Catastrophic Injury

Kennedys has broad experience of all serious injury work types and claim issues, including amputation, polytrauma and utmost severity cases.  Our catastrophic injury team in Chelmsford is led by Richard West. Richard has particular expertise in catastrophic injury claims including complex liability matters, reputationally sensitive incidents and brain and psychiatric injury.

Type of cases:

• General Liability
• Catastrophic, brain and psychiatric injury

Type of clients:

• Insurers
• Third party administrators
• Brokers and corporates

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 1,900 people worldwide across 37 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Winner of the British Legal Awards 2017 UK Law Firm of the year.