Casualty Local GOV Paralegal

The role

Weightmans is seeking a Paralegal to join its Public Sector Casualty team in Liverpool or Manchester. This role is for an experienced paralegal to support fee earners with defendant litigation services in EL/PL claims.

What you'll do

• Assist fee earners with general case management
• Assist fee earners with legal research
• Assist fee earners with drafting of witness statements and reports to clients
• Assist fee earners with preparation for court hearings
• Attend client meetings to support fee earners
• Attend court hearings to support fee earners
• Assist with the instruction of Counsel and experts
• Respond promptly and accurately to correspondence and telephone enquiries from clients and other parties, with and without supervision
• Review records
• Support the team’s business development activities
• Complete MI procedures as and when required
• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
• Ensure relevant deadlines, SLAs, quality measures and KPI’s are adhered to
• Comply with relevant policies and procedures
• Comply with the relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures
• Consistently work in accordance with our values

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