Litigation Solicitor – Defence
Artemis Human Capital are delighted to be partnering with a leading national law firm in the recruitment of a solicitor to join their award-winning litigation team.
About the Role:Â As part of this growing team, you will handle a broad range of litigation matters, primarily defence work. This role offers the chance to work on varied, challenging cases and build your expertise.
What you will do:
- Handling a caseload of predominantly litigated claims on both the County Court and High Court jurisdictions, with an appropriate level of supervision, potentially across a number of different clients. Â These claims will mainly consist of both Motor and Credit Hire Fraud motor and possibly casualty fraud. Â The cases will be a mixture of Delegated and Non-Delegated authority.
- Attend all County Courts and the High Court either in person or remotely when necessary for advocacy purposes.
- Acting as a point of contact for clients, demonstrating a level of knowledge and skill commensurate with experience.
- Ensuring full compliance with internal protocols.
- Demonstrating a high level of financial management in respect of own files.
- Achieving annual fee targets and hitting 1440 chargeable hours per year (if full time).
- Supporting marketing and business development activity within the team e.g. attending marketing events and client training.
- Building an awareness of the Firm’s other services, developing effective internal and external networks.
- Maintaining and developing technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications and meeting Solicitors Regulatory Authority CPD requirements, where necessary.
- Prompt and accurate provision of MI.
Requirements:
- Solicitor NQ – 3 PQE
- Preferably with a litigation background
- Expertise in fraud is beneficial, but not essential.
- Knowledge of motor and credit hire claims is beneficial.
- Sound knowledge of the Litigious processes and procedures in N. Ireland
- Confident negotiator and communicator.
- First class investigation and analytical skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative without close supervision but also a team player with a collegiate approach to knowledge sharing and problem solving.
- A commercial perspective on legal issues.
Benefits:
- High levels of flexibility and strong work life balance
- Good benefits package (private medical, income protection, gym etc.)
- Opportunity for growth and career progression
- Social events
If you are a passionate litigation solicitor looking to further your career then reach out to Ross Winning for all the details.