Paralegal, Serious Injury
About the team
This role sits within our London serious injury team. The team specialises in high-value serious injury claims, including cases involving brain and spinal injuries, polytrauma and fatal accidents. The team are instructed by numerous clients who have sustained life-changing injuries and work closely with clients to ensure that rehabilitation and support are in place as early as possible.
This support will be across a broad range of personal injury matters. This position is well-suited to someone seeking to build a career in personal injury law and who is motivated by securing justice for individuals and their families.
Overall purpose for this role
A Paralegal within the Personal Injury Department is expected to:
- provide a reliable and efficient support service primarily to the supervising fee-earner and assist with general administration of caseloads,
- Undertake a wide variety of administrative tasks as set out below,
- Undertake other ad-hoc duties as required from time to time.
Please note the full job description can be downloaded from our website listing.
What you'll bring
- Genuine interest to work with a leading claimant law firm and passionate about providing access to justice to all.
- Experience in sorting and reviewing medical, financial records and drafting legal documentation and correspondence.
- Good academic background with legal qualifications (Degree, GDL, LPC etc.).
- Demonstrable experience in using a variety of IT packages (MS Word, Excel, Case Management Systems and Outlook).
- Proven ability to communicate accurately, clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing with a wide range of clients and various stakeholders.
- Proven ability to organise and prioritise a complex workload and work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a positive attitude.
- Proven ability to work and contribute in a team environment.
- Proven ability to be self-sufficient in relation to administration, typing and IT requirements.
Desirable
- Relevant paralegal experience in Personal Injury.
- Experience in interviewing clients, taking witness statements, dealing sensitively and managing difficult situations and conversations.
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 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.
