Serious Injury Solicitor / Paralegal

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Grade C fee earner / paralegal to join our Serious Injuries Team (SIT).

This is a chance to be part of a growing department, within a market-leading firm. The cases in SIT are challenging but rewarding, supporting seriously injured clients to rebuild their lives and securing them compensation that can grant them the independence accident related injuries have taken away.

This is a dual fee earning role. You will have  your own case load of up to 25 pre-litigated and litigated SIT multi-track & intermediate track files. The cases are mainly RTA, with some EL/PL claims. You will be responsible for running your own files from inception right through to settlement, and you will have a mix of Part 7 litigated and non litigated files.  Your caseload will comprise a mixture of liability admitted and denied cases, with potential to be of significant value, and with a value in excess of £25,000. You will also benefit from the assistance of a Case Assistant to help drive your files to a positive outcome for the client.

In addition to managing this case load, you will be required to assist the Grade A solicitors upon their high value/catastrophic files with certain delegated tasks, accompanying them to conferences, attending upon witnesses, client visits etc. The combination of having a case load and assisting on more complex cases will require excellent time management skills and an ability to manage and prioritise tasks, while always meeting clients’ expectations. 

Case handlers will also be required to provide guidance to the case assistant(s) within SIT who will in turn be providing support to you. Further, all fee earners within SIT provide support and assistance via the Case Clinics to other case handling areas across the wider business.

On-going training is a significant requirement within SIT, particularly in specialised areas (brain injury, spinal injury, amputations, catastrophic claims etc). Whenever such courses are attended externally a fee earner will be required to feedback to the team(s) within monthly meetings. SIT also provide internal training to other departments and case handlers will be asked to contribute upon areas within their knowledge and experience. 

Your Experience

• Prior case handling experience in personal injury 
• Previous experience of running Part 7 claims 
• Previous experience in handling multi-track litigation / working in serious injuries team is highly desirable 

The Role

The core requirements for a fee earner within SIT are:

• Managing a case load of Intermediate and Multi-Track Files
• Achieving Targets (time and financial)
• Supporting Grade A fee earners
• Mentoring Grade D case assistants
• Supporting the wider firm/other departments through clinics and training

Additional Information

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so we accommodate flexible hours wherever possible. We also have a Smart Working approach whereby colleagues are required to be in our Cardiff office one day a week minimum to ensure time with their teams (At present the team office days are every Tuesday). There may of course be occasions where business needs require more Team / In Office time (particularly during your training and probationary periods). For any new starter there is a minimum requirement of 1 month in office training which will include your in-person induction and buddying with your new team.  This may be extended to 3 months where necessary.  

The core hours are Monday to Friday between 8.00am/9.00am – 5.00pm/6.00pm however there is an expectation inherent to this role that when required, a fee earner will need to travel to attend upon clients, witnesses and/or experts that may lead to either exceeding these hours or staying overnight in a hotel. Similarly attending Court hearings, trials or conferences/joint settlement meetings may require extended time out of the office. Work outside normal hours is subject to recovery through the department’s flexi-time scheme. 

You will be provided with achievable targets (to include settlement and billing). Additionally, you will be expected to play your part in any marketing events, both internal and external.   You will also be expected to mentor handlers in other areas of the business, assisting them with queries via face to face and team clinics, workshops and /training opportunities.  Your targets within SIT are based upon  a)  Recorded time (WIP) and b) Costs recovered. Targets will be set for all fee earners within SIT upon completion of a settling in period (no less than 3 months). 

Admiral, Where You Can Be You

At Admiral you’re accepted, supported and empowered to be you. Because you’re brilliant.

We’re proud of our people-centric culture which has led us to being recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re committed to ensuring that at Admiral, progression is not slowed or haltered by barriers related to protected characteristics.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. 

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

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