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Defendant Personal Injury Solicitor: 4+ PQE, London, GBP 70,000 - GBP 80,000 DOE
Join a rapidly expanding national law firm recognised for its expertise within the insurance sector. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a broad range of complex and high-value defendant personal injury matters whilst benefiting from genuine opportunities for career progression and development.
To register your interest, contact Kaye Thumpston on 183 or email with your CV.
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The Role
This is an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious Defendant Personal Injury Solicitor to join the London office of a highly regarded national law firm. The successful candidate will become part of a growing and high-performing insurance team acting on behalf of major insurers and policyholders across a wide range of complex and high-value claims.
- Responsibilities:
- Manage your own caseload of defendant Employers Liability and Public Liability claims.
- Support partners on complex and high-profile litigation.
- The caseload will encompass both pre-action and litigated personal injury and property damage claims, ranging from fast-track matters through to multi-million-pound, multi-party disputes.
- Advise clients on regulatory investigations and prosecutions involving the Health and Safety Executive, police and Care Quality Commission.
- Attend coroners inquests.
- Assist with policy coverage disputes and interpretation issues.
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Instructions will primarily come from insurers acting on behalf of policyholders, together with direct non-insurance related instructions.
This is an opportunity to join a firm with an impressive reputation in the insurance market, recognised by both clients and industry peers for its expertise, growth, and thought leadership.
The Candidate
Applications are encouraged from Solicitors with a minimum of four years PQE and strong experience handling defendant personal injury matters. You will possess extensive experience dealing with Employers Liability and Public Liability claims and ideally have experience acting on behalf of insurers and policyholders.
- Requirements:
- Excellent technical and drafting skills.
- Strong commercial awareness.
- Ability to build and maintain client relationships.
- Highly organised, proactive, and ambitious.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a collaborative team.
The Package
This role offers exposure to a varied and challenging caseload within a supportive and ambitious team environment. The successful candidate will benefit from working alongside recognised specialists on complex and high-profile matters whilst playing a key role in the continued growth of a highly regarded national insurance practice.
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The firm offers a competitive salary of GBP 70,000 - GBP 80,000 dependent upon experience, together with excellent opportunities for long-term career progression and professional development.
How
Contact Kaye Thumpston on 183 or email with your CV or simply call for a confidential discussion.
At eNL, we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
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