Personal Injury Solicitor

Role: Personal Injury Solicitor - City of London

Leading law firm looking to recruit dedicated & experienced Solicitor for highly sought permanent positon.

Salary: Competitive. Accountability within a remote working culture is the norm within this business.

Personal Injury Department Background:

Our Client's personal injury department is highly experienced and provides specialist legal advice to help their clients achieve justice and compensation. Their team is led by (partner-level) Directors who are members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) who guarantee high quality client care and dedication.

Our client is experienced in providing bespoke legal advice to its clients seeking assistance with a wide range of personal injury claims including:

• Abuse claims
• Bicycle claims
• Brain & Spinal Injury claims
• Burns/ scalding claims
• Catastrophic injuries
• Major Trauma
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Road Traffic Claims
• Workplace Accidents

Main Responsibilities of the Role

• Report directly to Department Director
• Professional pro-active approach, strong client care skills and a sensitive and sympathetic understanding of clients’ needs
• Responsible for all aspects of Personal Injury work and on occasions, where appropriate providing technical expertise and guidance to other team members
• Ability to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities
• Assisting with casework including dealing with a range of Personal Injury cases that have been issued at court. including excellent understanding of the Civil Procedure
  Rules and protocols
• Attending clients, taking instructions and preparing cases
• Dealing with correspondence
• Maintaining accurate time costing procedures
• Implementing any recommendations made by your supervisor following monthly file reviews ensuring that these are dealt with promptly
• Ensuring compliance with file management.

Key Skills Required

• 2+ years Personal Injury experience in private practice
• Must have a clean, valid Practicing Certificate at the time of applying
• Membership with APIL an advantage
• Committed team player and adapt well to new challenges
• Previous proven supervisory experience and working to key performance indicators is an advantage
• Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills and ability to deal with client matters in a sensitive manner and resolve complicated practicalities
• Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to use own initiative and sound judgment
• Working knowledge of Personal Injury work and have the ability to service privately funded cases
• Have extensive experience in dealing with Personal Injury related work
• Experience in own advocacy is an advantage
• Excellent IT Skills -familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills

Rewards

• 20 days annual leave
• Additional Birthday leave
• Additional holiday accrual*
• 4 days paid sick leave*
• Practicing Certificate renewed annually
• The Law Society Panel Membership and Accreditation/re Accreditation/ Reaccreditation fee paid for*
• The Law Society registration fee for Panel membership paid for*
• Panel courses mandatory for the Law Society Accreditation paid for*
• Access to vast range of training webinars / E-Library
• Automatic enrolment onto the Company’s pension scheme
• Childcare Vouchers
• Eye test vouchers
• DBS Check costs paid for
• Excellent progression opportunities
• Supportive team environment.
• Part time working
• Flexible working arrangements/ considered
• Support for appropriate legal awards/recognition

*terms and conditions apply

The recruitment process will fully comply with GDPR and other applicable laws. Background checks including CRB / DBS checks will establish your eligibility to work in the UK and suitability to the role.

On offer is an attractive salary package, a supportive team environment and real prospects for promotion. The Company will consider applicants wishing to work part time, full time or with flexible working hours. The Company will allow working from home.

The company is committed to Equal Opportunities and embraces diversity and inclusivity of its staff and strives to ensure that their workforce reflects the diversity of the communities they serve.

About Gemini Recruitment and Equal Opportunities:

Gemini Recruitment is a leading recruitment agency specialising in legal recruitment. We provide a highly focused service specialising in placements for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Trainee Solicitors, Paralegals and Legal Support Staff. We have intimate knowledge of specific opportunities in the legal market across the UK.

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