Kingsley Napley
Associate - Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury
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We’re looking for an Associate (NQ – 4 PQE) to join our market-leading Clinical Negligence team. This is an outstanding opportunity to build your expertise in complex claimant clinical negligence and personal injury claims while working in a collaborative, highly respected team.
The Role
You'll work on matters for the Architects' Registration Board (ARB) and General Dental Council (GDC), alongside complex education regulation cases involving the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) and Education Workforce Council (EWC). You will take ownership of a varied and challenging caseload, advising professional regulators on allegations of misconduct, competence and fitness to practise issues across a range of regulated professions.
Working closely with clients and colleagues, you will:
- Work as part of a team, advising the firm’s clients on complex claimant clinical negligence and personal injury claims
- Undertake case work on liability, causation and quantum issues, adhering to procedural and funding guidelines and limit
- Contributing to the department’s and firm’s marketing efforts identifying and developing new potential sources of referral, maintaining and developing links with existing referrers of work and raising your own, the department’s and the firm’s profile.
- Contribute to training, knowledge sharing and business development initiatives.
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About You
We are looking for a lawyer with:
- 0-4 years' PQE (or equivalent experience)
- Experience within Clinical Negligence & some Personal Injury
- Knowledge and understanding of alternative forms of funding, including BTE/ATE, CFA and private retainers
- Good understanding of legal concepts, with excellent drafting skills
- Knowledge of mental capacity issues, post mortems, coroners, inquests and the inquest procedure
- Experience of preparing schedules of loss
- Knowledge of the costs recovery process including the detailed assessment procedure
- Understanding of core liability, causation, consent, quantum and costs issues
Benefits
At Kingsley Napley, we believe in rewarding our people and supporting their wellbeing. We offer:
- Hybrid working
- Pension scheme with firm contributions
- Life assurance, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance and dental insurance
- Annual salary review, promotion opportunities and discretionary performance award
- 24/7 available Employee Assistance & Therapy programme
- 6 free 11 therapy sessions through Self Space
- Cycle to work scheme and in office bike storage, season ticket loan
- Health screenings
- Holiday buy/sell/bank
- Retail & technology vouchers
- GymFlex: discounted gym rates, wellness subsidy, gym loan
- Holiday accrual with length of service
- Time off for good causes
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Why KN?
Whilst we are very proud of the work we do, it is our people who are the key to our success. KN takes wellness and wellbeing very seriously, and we have a number of initiatives and programmes in place to ensure that our people feel included, happy and motivated at work. We look for passionate, committed and diverse ‘team players’ whose core values align with ours.
Kingsley Napley is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace.
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