Complex Injury Paralegal - RTA
Application Deadline: 24 March 2025
Department: Legal
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Bolton
Description
Keoghs are looking to recruit a ‘Paralegal’ to join one of our Complex Injury Teams in Bolton. The Paralegal will support a leading Partner, 3 Large Loss Lawyers and an Assistant Lawyer.
The role offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience in large loss and complex injury work assisting Paul Stephens, Partner and CAT lawyer, on both RTA catastrophic cases involving polytrauma, fatal, amputation, severe TBI and complete spinal cord injury claims that may be in excess of £20m, as well as assisting the team on large loss cases valued from £100k to £1M. In this role you will be required to undertake a variety of delegated paralegal tasks to support the team and progress cases in an effective and efficient manner. Your work will be supervised and feedback given as you develop your skills in this area.
The role would particularly suit someone who already has experience working in a paralegal or similar role in a personal injury team and is looking to develop their skills and career in complex injury claims.
Key Responsibilities
You will work as part of a team, supporting those with responsibility for progressing each file from receipt of papers from the insurer client to resolution of the claim. The role will include:
* Preparing basic court documents; filing and serving court documents; and diarising of court orders and hearing dates
* Liaising with experts and counsel regarding CVs, fees and availability for conferences, JSMs and hearings
* Liaising with insureds and witnesses regarding attendance at conferences, JSMs and hearings. Drafting of witness summons.
* Liaising with courts regarding hearings, applications and consent orders
* Registering and updating CRU, notifying CRU of settlement
* Maintaining experts summary, interim payment records and offer history within case management system
* Arranging appointments for claimants to be seen by medical experts; chasing for reports; drafting medical records mandates; applying for records and police accident reports
* Review of medical records and drafting summaries of those reviews using the records review spreadsheet
* Review of photographic evidence and surveillance footage and preparing a precis of the evidence
* Redaction of documents to ensure legal privilege maintained and/or no GDPR breaches
* Fielding telephone calls and dealing with general queries received from parties involved in the claims including the insureds, insurers, experts and witnesses
* Arranging payments where required
* Conducting legal research.
* Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards
Working Hours and Location
35 hours per week, Monday – Friday, although part-time applications will also be considered. Primary location for this role is our Bolton Office where attendance is required at least 1 day per week.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
* Minimum education standard of 5 GCSEs grades 5 or above or A-C with established interest in law either through further education (e.g. Law degree, LPC or ILEX) or experience within a legal environment
* Experience of and understanding of the litigation process, in a file handling or assistant RTA personal injury role – will also consider someone with a solid MOJ / OIC experience now looking to move into litigation
* Good telephone and communication skills with people at all levels inside and outside the business
* An ability to organise and prioritise tasks using initiative
* Calm under pressure with the ability to re-prioritise and delegate effectively when required
* An ability to maintain attention to detail when dealing with repetitive tasks
* 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
Job Benefits
* Davies Incentive Plan
* 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
* 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 – after 1 years’ service
* 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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