Fletchers Group
Solicitor or Equivalent (Clinical Negligence Grade C - Reading)
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Solicitor or Equivalent (Clinical Negligence Grade C - Reading)
Solicitor or Equivalent (Clinical Negligence Grade C)
Location: Reading (Hybrid)
About the Role
Join our Clinical Negligence Team as a Grade C Solicitor (or equivalent). We are seeking an NQ-Level to Grade C Solicitor with 0–5 years PQE or equivalent experience to take the next step in your career with a dynamic and supportive team. Our firm excels in clinical negligence law, recognised as specialists by APIL, AvMA, and the Law Society.
As a Grade C Solicitor, you will:
- Collaborate closely with Lawyers and Senior Lawyers to manage a diverse caseload, from case inception to trial.
- Assist in case settlements while supporting mentoring and development of more junior colleagues.
- Work within our progressive culture, ensuring high-quality legal outcomes while enjoying a robust career progression pathway.
Experience clinical negligence litigation in a fast-paced, collaborative, and supportive environment—this role is ideal if you’re ready to elevate your expertise under expert guidance.
Key Responsibilities
Accountable For
- Managing an individual caseload and ensuring high standards of client service.
- Supporting the Team Leader/Head of Department in meeting financial and performance KPIs.
- Proactively overseeing activity, including settlement, LOC, and case progression.
- Maintaining thorough time recording and commercial caseload management.
Responsible For
- Discussing case tactics, workflows, and strategy with the team to drive efficiency.
- Identifying cases ready for LOC/settlement and ensuring all documentation aligns with progress.
- Coordinating internal and external stakeholders, including opposition and experts.
- Drafting legal documentation (LOC/letters of instruction, medical records, and court submissions).
- Negotiating settlements, playing a direct role in proceedings with LitigationStudent or Independent Legal Services (where applicable).
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Requirements
Essential
- Recent experience in clinical negligence, ranging from NQ to 5 years PQE or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Exceptional case management and organisational skills to meet tight deadlines.
- Strong communication and drafting abilities with evidence-processing efficiency.
- Fluency with Microsoft Office (Staples/Proclaim, Excel), including computer-assisted evidence tools.
- Client-facing professionalism and attention to high-level detail under supervision.
- Proactive commercial awareness to price discovery, evaluate risks, and manage budgets.
- Ability to mentor junior lawyers and uphold firm protocols.
Ideal Candidate Character
- Flexible and adaptable – comfortable working both independently and as part of a dynamic team.
- Committed to professional and personal growth, open to learning and development.
Fletchers Group Benefits
Core Benefits
- 35-hour working week, with enhanced hybrid flexibility to balance home and in-office collaboration.
- Competitive bonus scheme ( Performance-related ).
- 35 holiday days per year — including bank holidays and Christmas closure—Paid with an add-on scheme for up to 3 extra days, increasing to 5 days with long service after 5th/7th/9th full year.
- Professional pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice.
- Comprehensive work-life balance—offices designed for conducive migration and wellbeing.
- Health consultancy (Medicash) covering dental, eye tests, vaccines, and preventative care.
- Critical illness and life assurance policies for financial security.
- Enhanced parental leave policies: extended maternity, paternity, and IVF support options.
- Team bonding: subsidised company-wide events, monthly prize awards for stand-out contributions, and accessible vouchers celebrating excellence.
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Investment in You
- Heartfelt professional development: workshops, qualifications (such as IAM, CIArb), compliance training, and access to the latest firm initiatives to further your credentials.
- Progressive culture: share in our firm’s growth and flat-work hierarchies to earn greater responsibility over time.
- Disability Confident scheme approval, a diverse and inclusive talent pipeline—where all backgrounds are embraced and every voice valued.
Fletchers Group
Fletchers is a fast-growing personal injury and clinical negligence firm ranked among the top by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Having expanded nationally, we aim to drive further innovation and growth with continued investment in our talent. Every colleague is provided the chances to build impactful and rewarding legal careers in a dynamic, collaborative, and supportive climate.
We aspire to be:
#1 Best workplaces in the legal sector where every challenge is a growth opportunity. Our slack timings, diverse experiences, and cohesion encourage a uniquely balanced—and successful—working culture.
Join Fletchers, where professional recognition pairs with mentorship and progress at each rung of the corporate ladder. From internships, traineeships, and qualified solicitors to Shareholder title will be the next step.
We value diversity: applications from all backgrounds welcome. Our supportive policies include:
- Racially inclusive, gender-flexibility and equal value.
- Working mother/father partners, LGBTQ+ and basic care recognition.
- Disability Confident, neurodiversity programmes, and other allied standards to honour distinct call future.
You’re not just part of the firm when you join Fletchers—you contribute to its evolution. Handpick a role where career challenges and growth are constant and ultra-recognized.
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