Catastrophic Injury Solicitor

The role

Weightmans is seeking a Catastrophic Injury Solicitor with 0-3 years of PQE to join their Insurance practice in Liverpool or Manchester. This role focuses on managing high-value personal injury cases within the national Large Loss team.

What you'll do

• Manage own workload and assist other lawyers in relation to corporate transactional work and company law advisory work
• Assist the partners and manage own caseload of catastrophic and high value PI cases
• Assist in initial investigations and in reporting to clients/ preparing internal strategy report as appropriate
• Review and analyse databases and make further investigations as appropriate
• Liaise with other solicitors, insurers, police, HSE and witnesses to gather evidence
• Instruct various experts as appropriate
• Control Case Manager Diary and action lists
• Attend at court hearings as appropriate
• Attend conferences and JSMs as directed by partner, subject to client approval
• Draft letters, reports, reserve sheets and action plans as directed
• Assist with the management, supervision and development of more junior members of the team
• Complete client and firm MI procedures
• Comply with Data Protection Compliance and Procedures
• Comply with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

What we're looking for

Benefits