Crime & Regulatory Assistant Lawyer
Application Deadline: 1 April 2025
Department: Legal
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London UK
Description
The Assistant Lawyer / Solicitor will assist Partner, Nina Dhillon and her team in dealing with HSE & regulatory cases. The work is often from the day of the incident, investigating the incident circumstances and assisting with the case through to resolution.
Nina boasts a complex, sometimes high-profile caseload whilst also heading up our London team. She encourages a hard-working, rewarding and supportive environment and is looking for a team player as well as someone being suitably experienced in a crime and regulatory role. The role would suit someone of NQ - 4 years PQE.
The department as a whole predominately deals with health & safety, nursing/care sector, environmental and motor crime cases.
This is a technical and client-facing role for a well-rounded lawyer, so you will have a keen interest in building client relationships through the delivery of training and mentoring as well as in delivering first-class legal solutions to complex problems.
Key Responsibilities
* Review and analysis of prosecution evidence and considering implications for lay client/company
* Drafting statements of insured/witnesses
* Review of client’s evidence - obtaining, collating, indexing, cross-referencing with own statements and Prosecutions statements, summarising evidence for lead file handlers
* Liaising with Court, Coroners Office and CQC/Police/HSE or relevant regulator
* Liaising with experts - instructing own experts, summarising expert evidence, serving reports
* Serving Defence case statements, sentencing bundles and mitigation bundles
* Drafting written submissions, following liaison with lay client/corporate client
* Liaising with Insured re Prosecutions case and disclosure required
* Reviewing transcripts of evidence
* Organising and attending conferences & meetings, drafting note of discussion and following agreed strategy following lead lawyer’s strategy
* Attendance / representation at interview under cautions
* Attendance behind Counsel for trials & inquests - drafting notes of evidence, outcome and sentencing
* Arranging meetings, conferences, site visits, expert appointments
* Chasing for transcripts and disclosure, collating the evidence
* Review of medical records, post mortem reports and CCTV footage
* Attending site, taking photos and drafting basic statements
* Research into relevant HSE guidelines
* Research into Insureds - corporate structure, their procedures, risk assessments, documents
* Collating witness availability
* Preparation of bundles for hearings, serving bundles
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* A qualified Solicitor with experience in at least one of the following areas: HSE, regulatory, inquest and/or care home
* An ability to prioritise workload
* Ability to pay attention to detail
* Ability to work with case management systems
* The personal skills to deal with insureds in a sensitive manner given the context within which they find themselves in
* Good telephone and communication skills with people at all levels inside and outside the business
* Calm under pressure
* Self-confidence, with good literacy and IT skills
* Good team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a result and ensure client service levels are met
* Ability to work effectively within the Keoghs Shared Values framework
Benefits
* Davies Incentive Plan
* 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
* Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
* Simply Health Care Cash Plan
* WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
* Death in Service
* Critical Illness Cover
* PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
* Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Tech Scheme
* Season Ticket Loan
* Gym Flex
* Access to Online Discount Sites
* Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
* Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
* Discounts at local retail outlets
* after successfully completing probation
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