Complex Disease Lawyer

The Complex Disease Lawyer will handle own caseload of mixed diseases & complex cases within our Legacy department to manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes at appropriate levels of profitability.

• Overall conduct of allocated matters fixing strategy and liaising directly with clients.
• Responsibility for Assistants & their development.
• Ensure adherence with court timetables by taking relevant actions/delegation of tasks as appropriate.
• Ensuring experts are instructed in sufficient time by taking relevant actions/delegation of tasks as appropriate.
• Attending conferences with Counsel and clients
• Dealing with routine correspondence
• Compliance with MI
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations.
• Adhere to the Keoghs Values.

• Technically proficient in dealing with a mixed disease caseload including long tail disease and short tail disease.
• Experience of dealing with the Claims Portal as well as Fast, Intermediate and Multi Track litigation including cases in the High Court.
• Effective negotiator.
• Ability to use own initiative.
• Good listening and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organise, delegate & prioritise
• Good level of IT skills.

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
• 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
• Critical Illness Cover
• PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
• 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.