Senior Associate Solicitor, Personal Injury (Serious / Catastrophic), 5PQE +

Our Personal Injury team specialises in handling a range of complex, life changing and catastrophic injury claims including brain and spinal injury, amputee claims and fatal accidents. We have represented many clients who have sustained life-changing injuries and work proactively to ensure our clients get the rehabilitation and compensation needed to cover costs of equipment care and therapy at the earliest possible opportunity.

Overall purpose of the role

This role will develop and manage a caseload of serious personal injury claims across a range of specialisms. The role will manage end to end litigation, investigating and pursuing serious injury claims and undertaking research as required. The successful candidate will also support business development initiatives as required and provide supervision and mentoring to junior associates and paralegals.

This opportunity is ideal for a skilled and ambitious personal injury lawyer who is currently operating at a senior level and depending on their level, will be ready to progress to partnership in the short to medium term. 

The full JD is available to download from the bottom of our website listing. 

What you'll bring 

• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to equality, access to justice and affordable legal advice of the highest quality.
• Demonstrable experience in serious personal injury litigation to a senior level.
• Qualified lawyer with solid demonstrable experience in Personal Injury. It would ideally suit lawyers with 5+ years (or equivalent) of relevant post qualification experience.
• Demonstrable knowledge in conduct of cases from initial advice through to trial.
• Substantial experience in calculating losses in Schedule of Loss (often large and complex).
• Relevant experience in analysing complex factual and legal situations and advising clients in accordance with their aims.     
• Substantial experience in dealing sensitively with clients and experts, providing solutions and managing difficult situations and conversations.
• Ability to analyse complex factual and legal situations and advise as to the critical path that should be followed.
• Relevant experience in creating new business opportunities.
• 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.
• Experience in working and contributing in a team environment, including supervision and mentorship of junior colleagues.

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.