Personal Injury (Military) Solicitor (NQ-3)
- Recruiter
- Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
- Location
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England, London, City of London
London (City of)London (Greater)
- Salary
- bonus scheme
- Posted
- 03 Feb 2023
- Closes
- 04 Mar 2023
- Ref
- 4359553
- Job Title
- Lawyer
- Category
- Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Personal Injury, Military, NQ, Associate, Solicitor, Lawyer, PI
The Opportunity
This top 100 law firm is looking for an NQ-3PQE solicitor to join their team of expert military solicitors to ensure service men and women have access to the specialist advice they need. The department help military service personnel who need to bring a claim against the Ministry of Defence due to their failure to adequately protect them from illness or avoidable injury. The team advise on a full range of areas, including military deafness, cold, and health injuries.
The role
The role will particularly focus on military deafness cases. An estimated 300,000 ex-armed forces personnel in the UK suffer from noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus. These injuries are not inevitable consequences of military life and the MoD has a duty of care to safeguard employees from the risk of hearing damage.
Duties will include:
The successful candidate will be able to proactively manage their own case load with minimal supervision. The role also involves assisting with the supervision on the Paralegal team.
Qualifications, skills and experience
Benefit
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays
The Opportunity
This top 100 law firm is looking for an NQ-3PQE solicitor to join their team of expert military solicitors to ensure service men and women have access to the specialist advice they need. The department help military service personnel who need to bring a claim against the Ministry of Defence due to their failure to adequately protect them from illness or avoidable injury. The team advise on a full range of areas, including military deafness, cold, and health injuries.
The role
The role will particularly focus on military deafness cases. An estimated 300,000 ex-armed forces personnel in the UK suffer from noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus. These injuries are not inevitable consequences of military life and the MoD has a duty of care to safeguard employees from the risk of hearing damage.
Duties will include:
- taking initial enquiries from clients and drafting witness evidence
- considering and managing a high volume of disclosure of documents
- updating clients on their claim
- dealing with telephone enquiries from clients
- assisting in instructing counsel
- preparation of court documents
- preparation of detailed schedules of loss
- assessing complex medical conditions and consideration of medical issues/ reports
- review of reports from acoustic engineering experts
The successful candidate will be able to proactively manage their own case load with minimal supervision. The role also involves assisting with the supervision on the Paralegal team.
Qualifications, skills and experience
- Exposure to the claimant litigation process is essential
- Experience of independently managing a case load
- Previous experience of dealing with noise-induced hearing loss claims would be a distinct advantage, though not essential
- Excellent client care
Benefit
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Two Corporate Social Responsibility days
- Birthday day off
- Death in service equivalent to twice annual salary
- Auto enrolment pension scheme
- Hybrid working
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts for local businesses
- Professional fees paid (subject to requirement for your role)
- Employee recruitment incentive scheme
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays