Associate Solicitor, Clinical Negligence, NQ-2PQE
About the role
We are seeking a newly qualified to 2 PQE solicitor to join our Chambers band 1 ranked London Clinical Negligence team. This role offers the opportunity to manage your own caseload across a broad range of clinical negligence matters while working alongside experienced practitioners in a highly regarded claimant practice.
The team acts on a wide variety of clinical negligence cases, with particular expertise in maternal health, birth injuries, and injuries sustained by mothers during childbirth. We however also advise on a diverse range of claims, including brain injuries, orthopaedic injuries, delayed or missed cancer diagnoses, GP negligence, child and adult fatal claims, and cases involving radiological errors.
The full JD is available to download from our website listing. Please also note our NQ salary is £52,000.
What you'll bring
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to equality, access to justice and affordable legal advice of the highest quality.
- 0-2 years post qualification, with direct experience in clinical negligence.
- Demonstrable knowledge and an interest in medicine and clinical negligence law.
- Demonstrable knowledge in conduct of cases from initial advice through to trial.
- An understanding of calculating losses in Schedule of Loss.
- Experience in dealing sensitively with clients and experts, providing solutions and managing difficult situations and conversations.
- Solid awareness of the general legal and ethical principles and able to apply those to different situations.
- Solid experience in using a variety of IT packages (MS Word, Excel, Case Management Systems and Outlook).
- Excellent communication skills, demonstrated by ability to communicate accurately, clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
- Excellent time management skills, demonstrated by ability to organise and prioritise a complex workload and work to tight deadlines.
- Substantial experience in working and contributing in a team environment.
- Relevant litigation experience gained within a claimant firm, though not essential will be highly desirable.
About Leigh Day
We are a top 100 law firm committed to claimant-only cases, ensuring that individuals have the same access to justice as the UK Government and large corporations. We're not afraid to take on difficult and challenging cases involving medical negligence, serious personal injuries, discrimination in the workplace, defective products and human rights abuses in this country and overseas.
Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits package includes
- Hybrid working (typically 2-3 days from home for a full time worker)
- 29 days annual leave (excluding public holidays)
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Life assurance 4 x salary
- Healthcare cash plan
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
- Electric car scheme
Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
Leigh Day is committed to the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We value the diversity of our colleagues, our clients and the third parties with whom we work. We seek to create an environment where everyone feels included and valued for their unique characteristics, skills and abilities and supported in their needs and responsibilities.
We welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or recruitment process. There is an option to detail this on your application form, however, please just get in touch should you wish to discuss this prior to formally submitting an application. Please note all conversations or disclosures are treated in the strictest confidence.
