Assistant Lawyer - Industrial Disease
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- England,North West,Greater Manchester,Bolton
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Competitive salary
Job Description:
To support a Complex Disease Lawyer to manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes for clients at appropriate levels of profitability. The Assistant will be supporting a Complex Disease Lawyer on a variety of complex disease cases.
Key Accountabilities
*Reviewing documents and preparing reports
*Dealing with disclosure
*Reviewing evidence (including medical / personnel records)
*Conducting investigations with Insured / obtaining witness statements
*Instructing Counsel / Experts
*Research
*Drafting generally
*Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel
*Dealing with routine correspondence
*Court appointments.
*Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds
*Ensure adherence to Court timetables.
*Adhere to the Keoghs Values.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
*Technically proficient in dealing with a range of mixed disease cases
*Effective negotiator
*Ability to use own initiative
*Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken
*Good listening and verbal communication skills
*Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail
*Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
*Ability to work under pressure and to target
*An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
*Good level of IT skills
Benefits
*Davies Incentive Plan
*25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
*Simply Health Care Cash Plan
*WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
*Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
*Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
*Employee Resource Groups
*Employee Volunteering Programme
*Cycle to Work Scheme*
*Tech Scheme*
*Season Ticket Loan*
*Gym Flex*
*Access to Online Discount Sites
*Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
*Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
*Discounts at local retail outlets
*after successfully completing probation
Key Accountabilities
*Reviewing documents and preparing reports
*Dealing with disclosure
*Reviewing evidence (including medical / personnel records)
*Conducting investigations with Insured / obtaining witness statements
*Instructing Counsel / Experts
*Research
*Drafting generally
*Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel
*Dealing with routine correspondence
*Court appointments.
*Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds
*Ensure adherence to Court timetables.
*Adhere to the Keoghs Values.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
*Technically proficient in dealing with a range of mixed disease cases
*Effective negotiator
*Ability to use own initiative
*Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken
*Good listening and verbal communication skills
*Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail
*Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
*Ability to work under pressure and to target
*An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
*Good level of IT skills
Benefits
*Davies Incentive Plan
*25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
*Simply Health Care Cash Plan
*WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
*Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
*Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
*Employee Resource Groups
*Employee Volunteering Programme
*Cycle to Work Scheme*
*Tech Scheme*
*Season Ticket Loan*
*Gym Flex*
*Access to Online Discount Sites
*Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
*Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
*Discounts at local retail outlets
*after successfully completing probation
Job number 3012477
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Company Details:
Keoghs LLP
Company size: 1,000–2,499 employees
Industry: Legal
Keoghs is the leading provider of claims-related services to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector.We combine proven proces...