Your Role
and What You'll Be Doing
Our Workplace Illness team deals with occupational disease claims, which includes a significant number of asbestos related disease claims (mainly mesothelioma). The team handles a high proportion of litigated cases, many of which are dealt with on an expedited basis in the High Court. The personal injury teams at Irwin Mitchell don’t just deal with compensation claims. We also work with our clients and their families to ensure all of their support needs are met. It’s a unique, bespoke approach that really makes a difference to people whose lives have been turned upside down by an occupational illness diagnosis.
Your role will involve but is not limited to the following.
1. Taking instructions from clients and assist with the giving of legal advice, including obtaining evidence and, where appropriate, assist with litigation, to achieve appropriate resolutions for the clients.
2. Achieve time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.
3. Attend and contribute to team/practice area meetings and comply with directions/decisions made to ensure team objectives achieved.
4. Keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attend appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice.
About You
5. You'll have empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances
6. A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach
7. Ideally, some previous Paralegal experience
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
8. 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
9. Generous and flexible pension schemes.
10. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
11. Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!
Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.