Job Description
Private practice law firm in Leeds, well-regarded for the work it does in Clinical Negligence is seeking to recruit a Defendant Clinical Negligence lawyer of 0 to 8 years’ PQE. The team handles a challenging but fulfilling caseload of defendant clinical negligence work acting for a variety of clients, which may include work for NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, MDU, independent providers, and medical malpractice insurers. Responsibilities of the role will include: • Drafting legal documents • conducting face-to-face negotiations and mediation of claims • preparing cases for and adhering to court deadlines.
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You will also engage in direct client care, acting as first and primary contact for clients on a day-to-day basis, providing them with commercially focused legal advice, and adhering to their protocols and processes. In addition you will be encouraged to make an appropriate contribution to non-fee-earning activity such as participating in knowledge sharing, training, client seminars, writing articles for publication both for in-house and external publications, and business development.
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To be considered for this role you will have experience in clinical negligence, personal injury, civil litigation or insurance law. Experience of an NHS Resolution or MDO panel firm would be desirable but is not essential. Our clients want the best candidates to apply and so are prepared to be flexible about the precise nature of your Clinical negligence/ personal Injury background. Strong technical and organisational skills are essential, to ensure a pragmatic and methodical approach to handling a variety of clinical negligence claims simultaneously, through an IT case management system.