Paralegal

We have a vacancy for a Scottish paralegal with a minimum of 2-3 years pursuer personal injury experience to join our busy PI department based in our Edinburgh office. The successful candidate will be required to run both litigated and non-litigated cases and report to the Team Leader and Partner. The work consists of a mix of litigated and non-litigated pursuer RTA work. The successful candidate will be taking over an active case load and therefore previous experience in a similar role is essential.

The successful candidate will require to have a proven track record of being able to liaise with and provide good sound legal advice to clients. They will also be able to demonstrate their ability to evaluate evidence and assess the strengths and weaknesses.

Hybrid working:
This role would be based in our Edinburgh office with a combination of home and office working (working 2 days in Edinburgh city centre office and 3 days from home). You would therefore need the infrastructure in place to work from home and will be provided with a company laptop.

Duties/Responsibilities:
Responsibilities will include managing your own caseload of pre-litigated files using our case management system ensuring compliance with insurer clients service level agreements.

The role involves extensive communication with insurers clients opposing solicitors and third parties using our in-house case management system to manage your caseload. You will be required to work in a proactive manner to settle cases in accordance with key performance indicators.

Skills/Competencies required:

The ideal candidates will have at least 2-3 years experience of dealing with pursuer personal injury litigated and non-litigated cases.

The ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and targets are all pre-requisites. The successful candidates will be enthusiastic in this area of law have excellent verbal and written communication skills have strong organisational and time management skills be computer literate and a team player.

We are looking for candidates with excellent client care skills the ability to research and analyse legal issues strong technical skills and the ability to work in a busy fast-paced environment and working to SLAs.

We are a firm with great opportunities to support career development as well as working in a friendly and supportive environment. We support and encourage a work/life balance approach as well as offering a competitive salary and benefits package. As an equal opportunity employer we also encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Please note that any offer of employment is subject to a satisfactory credit check and basic criminal record check. This information will only be used to assess suitability for employment insofar as it is relevant.

Lyons Davidson is a national law firm providing legal services to businesses andindividuals.

We pride ourselves on the level of service our experts offer. Our ability to deliver a consistent and high-quality service has allowed us to develop strong relationships with a number of business partners such as insurers banks and membership organisations that rely on us to give their customers and members the help and advice they need.