Litigation Solicitor, 3-5 yrs PQE.

Litigation Solicitor, Belfast, 3-5 yrs PQE. Our client is a leading international legal business. They are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. They represent a wide range of clients, from household names to government departments and NHS bodies, they also act for the UK’s top-ten insurers.

The Claims Solutions team advises insurers and corporate clients in their defence of claims of all values, types and complexity. Their National team whose clients are a mix of leading names in the insurance industry as well as household name corporates, deal with all aspects of defendant litigation, to include catastrophic injury, clinical negligence, motor, casualty, disease, product, professional negligence and health and safety. Increasingly, the team is getting involved in pre-emptive advice on these issues as well as dispute resolution.

The successful individuals would work within our Casualty injury team, handling all types of employers liability, public liability and disease cases.

What’s in it for you?

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance
• A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
• Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
• In person and remote social events
• Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance activities

What you will do

• Running, and assisting team partner, in running a case load of pre-litigation and litigated work with the appropriate levels of supervision. These will include cases where liability is disputed.
• Supervision responsibilities within the team.
• Hit, maintain and apply a consistent approach to all individual targets of financial performance, realisation rates, settlement rate and average claim spend
• Support marketing and business development activity within the team e.g. attending marketing events and client training
• Maintain an awareness of firm's procedures and strategies
• Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications.
• Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols

Who you are

• A Solicitor (3-5 years PQE) with a keen interest and enthusiasm for and ideally, prior experience in, employers and public liability personal injury litigation and disease.
• Able to adopt a commercial perspective to legal issues with a concern for quality of service
• A confident communicator who can communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written form
• Excellent organisational skills and able to effectively prioritise and manage own workload
• Detail conscious and able to produce work to a high standard
• Able to work on own initiative as well as to work with and learn from supervisors and other members of the department
• A team player with a flexible and self-motivated approach
• Demonstrates alignment with the Firm’s Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive).

Competitive salary, hybrid working and an excellent benefits package on offer for the suitable candidate.

For more details please email your cv in confidence through the link above. For a confidential discussion please call Orla Milligan on or

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