Employers liability lawyer Full Time

Established in 2000, we are an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is our core business.

We are currently ranked 93 in the Top 200 UK Law firms and are a Legal 500 Recognised Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. We have a 5-star ranking with Trust Pilot from over 4,500 reviews, which, coming from our clients, means a lot to us.

Role:

We are currently looking for a lawyer to join our Employers Liability department. We would expect the successful candidates to be qualified or alternatively qualified by experience. Tenacity, ability and enthusiasm are more important than qualifications. The role will be to manage your own caseload of predominately pre and post-issue fast-track employer’s liability cases.

For candidates, we offer strong supervision channels, excellent training including away days, and the chance to join a highly ambitious and growing firm. We have high-quality non-CMC work and a positive working environment. We also have a roof garden with table tennis as an addition to our strong range of employee benefits; more details below.

Person specification:

Essential criteria

• Proven billing track record of handling a litigated caseload.
• Genuine tenacity.
• A focus on advancing cases to and through litigation to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
• Ability to handle EL fast-track cases. Although predominately a non-portal caseload, the successful candidate must have experience with the portal.
• Knowledge of the civil procedure rules, precedent, and trends in litigation, and an ability and willingness to utilise the same to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
• Demonstrable experience of dealing with litigated files from inception, through applications and challenges, to trial/disposal hearing.
• Knowledge of Proclaim case management system.
• Demonstrable willingness to take the more difficult course and to ignore the easy option to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.

Salary, Hours & Benefits:

• A basic salary up to £30,000 depending on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears.
• Our standard working hours are 8:30 am to 5:30 am Monday-Thursday and 8:30 am to 5 pm Friday.
• Hybrid working available after a probation period.
• 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days (3 days reserved for Christmas closure of the office).
• 3 holiday buy-backs per year after 1 year of service.
• Extra day’s holiday for your birthday after 2 years of service.
• Private medical insurance available after 2 years of service.
• Attending fee-earner meetings and training sessions (every other month).
• Death in Service – 2 x salary.
• Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
• Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion.
• Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team, and more.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave payment if you have over 1 year tenure
• Other benefits including Employee Assistance Programme, free fruit & annual flu jab.