Healthcare Solicitor and Legal Director Opportunity

The role

Weightmans is seeking a Healthcare Solicitor and Legal Director with at least 1 year of PQE to join their Health Law practice in Newcastle. This role involves managing complex clinical negligence claims and contributing to the development of the team's practice.

What you'll do

• Manage case load of litigated and pre-litigated clinical negligence cases
• Conduct relevant investigations in order to repudiate and/or conclude the claim
• Liaise with various parties such as claimants and their solicitors, clients, counsel, experts etc
• Obtain documents and instruct experts
• Business development (BD) or operational (Ops) side of the business
• Complete MI procedures
• Adhere to client protocols
• Achieve financial and chargeable targets
• Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and key progress indicators are adhered to
• Contribute to and lead client facing and business development initiatives
• Comply with relevant policies and procedures
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values
• Manage complex and high value defendant clinical negligence claims
• Develop junior lawyers
• Contribute to and lead client facing initiatives

What we're looking for

Benefits