Local Government Solicitor

The role

Weightmans is seeking a Local Government Solicitor in Liverpool/Manchester to join its Public Sector practice. This role will involve assisting on high value and complex Inquiry claims and Human Rights Act claims, with potential to manage own caseload of lower value claims.

What you'll do

• Assist on high value and complex Inquiry claims
• Assist on claims relating to the Human Rights Act
• Assist one of the senior partners within the team
• Have conduct of own lower value FT/MT claims
• Assist on large scale disclosure exercises
• Prepare and obtain witness and expert evidence
• Meet court deadlines
• Run the day to day of cases
• Liaise with clients, opponents, court, witnesses
• Undertake own liability investigations
• Assist senior fee earners with various tasks
• Provide general case management
• Conduct legal research
• Draft witness statements
• Provide instructions to experts and counsel
• Prepare reports to clients
• Prepare for court hearings
• Attend client meetings and court hearings
• Respond promptly and accurately to correspondence and telephone enquiries from clients and other parties, with and without supervision
• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
• Support the team’s business development activities

What we're looking for