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Senior Legal Assistant

Posted 18 hours 15 minutes ago by Harris Fowler Personal Injury Solicitors

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Somerset, Taunton, United Kingdom, TA1 1
Job Description
  • Outstanding Results, 98.72% Success Rate
  • Highly Qualified Specialist Personal Injury Solicitors
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This role offers a rare opportunity to work closely with a Senior Fee Earner on a portfolio of high-value MT claims, involving significant quantum and challenging liability issues.

These are not routine cases. They often involve life-changing injuries, vulnerable clients, complex medical evidence, and substantial damages, offering exceptional exposure for a legal professional looking to deepen their expertise in serious injury and progress within a high-quality litigation practice.

This role will suit a qualified lawyer and Grade A or B Fee Earner who is motivated by intellectually demanding work and who wants to play a meaningful role in delivering outstanding outcomes for clients at the most difficult times in their lives.

Job Description:
  • Taking initial instructions from clients and preparing draft witness statements
  • Preparing draft letters of claim and other pre-action correspondence
  • Diarising key dates and ensuring compliance with court timetables and procedural deadlines
  • Liaising with experts, counsel, clients and other general enquiries as required
  • Attending in conference with counsel, both in person and remotely
  • Taking witness statements re liability and quantum
  • Researching quantum and other issues as required
  • Preparing court documents including claim forms, schedules of loss, particulars of claim, lists of documents etc.
  • Instructing and briefing counsel
  • Other Legal Assistant activities as directed by the supervisor
Person Specification
  • Qualified lawyer with the capability to operate at Grade A or B Fee Earner level
  • Experience of, or a strong demonstrable interest in, High-Value Personal Injury litigation
  • Good knowledge of legal practice and should have an understanding/ experience of the MOJ portal, litigation processes, and the Civil Procedure Rules
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure
  • Strong initiative and dexterity of thought: cases are rarely straightforward
  • Compassion and empathy
  • A good mathematical, analytical brain

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be requested to perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organisation.

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