Newly Qualified Personal Injury Solicitor

Greater Manchester – £33,000 - £36,000

The hiring firm are currently looking for a newly qualified solicitor to join their Personal Injury department on the OL/PL team. 

You will be handling a diverse caseload to include some pre and post litigation claims from cradle to grave. Tenacity, ability, and enthusiasm are more important than qualification.

We have high quality non-CMC sources for all our work, ensuring that our lawyers only deal with genuine cases.
For candidates we offer strong supervision channels, excellent training including away days, chance to join a highly ambitious and growing firm.
We offer a generous commission structure, where all our lawyer, get a percentage of every case they win. With no hurdles, and no caps, you are rewarded for the success of every case you bring to completion.

Personal Specification:  

• At least six months experience within the Personal Injury sector.
• Exceptional client care and quality control skills.
• Experience with initial client inception (including risk assessments, setting up the file and relevant paperwork).
• Previous exposure to providing client advice.
• The ability to handle a caseload with supervision.
• Previous exposure to providing client advice, instructing experts, analysing reports and valuations advantageous.
• Ideally you will have drafted particulars for service, prepared quantum evidence, schedules of loss, instructed counsel, drafted witness statement and replies.
• Proven billing track record of handling a litigated caseload.
• A focus on advancing cases to and through litigation to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
• Knowledge of the civil procedure rules, precedent, 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.

Newly qualified rate is £33,000 rising to £36,000 after 6 months. We can be flexible for candidates with pre-qualification experience. 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation.

If you believe your experience or skill set would be a good match for this role please don't hesitate to apply! 

You can get in contact with me directly via: 
Email: ruby@douglas-scott.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 233 6360 
Mobile:  07451 271 284