Solicitor - Serious Injury and Industrial Disease
Solicitor - Serious Injury and Industrial Disease
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Job Description
What can you expect
Fieldfisher housesone of the UKs leading Personal Injuryand Medical Negligencedepartments.
The Team is split up into 3 market leading practices; Industrial Disease Serious Injury and Clinical Negligence. A unique opportunity has arisen for an ambitious solicitor to work alongside a Partner specialising in Serious Injury and Asbestos related claims.
The Serious Injury team represent Claimants with injuries of the utmost severity including brain damages spinal injury amputation fatal cases and other serious injuries. The Industrial Disease Team represent Claimants with asbestos related conditions many of whom have limited life expectancies and therefore urgent and swift action is required to progress their claims. The work is fast paced and requires dedication. The team is hardworking and dedicated to their clients.
The teams focus on quality and each case is dealt with expertly and with great care to ensure the best possible award is achieved for the Claimant. The focus for each assistant solicitor who joins the team is to build his or her own reputation and knowledge. From the start you will be working on high value cases and will be expected to take on significant responsibility allowing you to build your own caseload.
We are looking for an energetic diligent and bright solicitor.
Responsibilities
- Proactively manage own files and support the partners
- Preparing thorough documentation required in the preparation of cases to trial including drafting schedules
- Liaising with counsel/experts
- Liaising with clients and handling matters with the appropriate sensitivity
- Preparing statements
- Preparing court documents
Experience and Knowledge
- Qualified lawyer NQ5 years PQE with good experience in relevant UK claimant serious injury and/or industrial disease work
- Should be able to demonstrate experience in and have a keen interest in marketing thinking about their own career pathway
- An ability to build relationships with the client family witnesses counsel and experts
- Enthusiastic team player with commitment to quality and client care
- Good case management skills
- Strong academic background is essential
- The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a real commitment and empathetic approach to Claimants.
Inclusiveness and Diversity
At Fieldfisher led by the social model of disability we are working towards removing accessibility barriers and maximising disability and neurodiversity inclusion in our recruitment processes.
Should you have any accessibility requirements please contact a member of Fieldfishers Recruitment Team who will work with you to implement suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are treated in the strictest of confidence and we would appreciate your feedback to ensure we can provide an accessible and enjoyable recruitment process.
For accessibility information on our London offices please visit our website:
The Firm
Fieldfisher is Times Top 20 Law Firm a highly commended firm in the European Financial Times Innovative Lawyers rankings and is repeatedly nominated for awards in areas including dispute resolution M&A and IP. Many of our lawyers are recognised by legal directories as leading professionals in their areas of specialism and we are top tworanked in a number of our key practice areas.
Our network spans over 1800 people across 26 international offices in 12 countries.
We operate across our offices in Amsterdam Barcelona Beijing Belfast 2 Berlin Birmingham Bologna Brussels Dublin Dsseldorf Frankfurt Guangzhou Hamburg London Luxembourg Madrid Manchester Milan Munich Paris Rome Shanghai Turin Venice Vienna and Silicon Valley.
Fieldfisher aims to ensure equality of opportunity and we are actively working towards improving the diversity of our staff. All applications will only be considered on merit and the applicants suitability to meet the requirements of the role.
Benefits
Testimonials
It is great being in a firm which gets crossoffice working to feel properly part of a national team and to work with colleagues in other specialisms who are unconstrained by geography.
I consider Fieldfisher to be a progressive firm with an understanding of social values. Im pleased that staff is able to have input in the firms direction and purpose as well as help to shape wider society. Im encouraged to perform by being able to develop in a natural way whilst being supported at every step.
Fieldfisher has managed to nurture a really positive and friendly culture. If they have drive and ambition I would encourage anybody looking for a role here to grab the opportunity.
Since joining Fieldfisher in 2016 I have progressed from an entrylevel secretarial role to an experienced executive assistant. This was made possible by a supportive and inclusive working environment that allows staff to progress at a pace that is best suited to them which in turn makes for wellrounded homegrown talent.
The firm strikes a great balance between providing the foundations for success and autonomy of your own growth and development. An insight I would give to potential applicants is that Fieldfisher offers the opportunity for a career and a sense of belonging to a community and not just a job.
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