Local Government & Social Care Lawyer

About your new role

Our Market Leading Local Government team provides a full,expert service in defending public (PL) and employers' liability (EL) claims across the public sector. Weightmans' team is second-to-none in providing defendant litigation services in these and other specialist Casualty areas. Weoperate on a national basis with dedicated commercial insurance and Local Government teams and as part of our wider specialism we have a dedicated

Casualty Fraud team.

We are currently recruiting for a lawyer to joinour

Local Government Teambasedineither Birminghamor Leicester. You will be exposed to a high-quality work including Public Inquiries, Human Rights Act claims, abuse and neglect claims, and Equalitieslitigation.

We are committed to developing our people and will support the right candidate to become an expert in this interesting area.

We seek a handler with experience of handling or assisting on claims arising from adult and children’s social care. We are open to all candidates with an interest in developing in this challenging area of work.

Your key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Handlingor assisting on social care and abuse files (depending on experience)
• Assisting senior fee earners with various tasks including general case management,legal research, drafting of witness statements, reports to clients and preparation for court hearings
• Managing disclosure documents
• Attending client meetings and court hearings
• Assisting with the instruction of Counsel and experts
• Responding promptly and accurately to correspondence and telephone enquiries from clients and other parties, with and without supervision
• Achieving set financial and chargeable targets
• Supporting the team’s business development activities

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

You will have experience handling or assisting on social care and abuse files, or previous experience of handling casualty claims, and agenuine, demonstrable interest in the work.

We also require you to have:

• Aproactive and forward-thinking mindset
• Awillingness to ask questions and engage with the whole team
• Experienceof handling own caseload
• Good drafting skills
• Good communication skills
• Good negotiating skills
• GoodIT skills
• Good written and communication skills
• Goodtime management and organisation skills
• Good attention to detail
• Abilityto multi-task and prioritise
• Abilityto work to strict deadlines
• Abilityto work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Knowledgeof CPR procedure with proven technical ability.

Come and join our award-winning organisation and be part of a team where people truly matter.

Weightmans is a Leading national law firm, with strong international capabilities.

Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain’s
Top Employers awards
, and ranking
top 10
in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

Why work for us? Take a look:
Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer | Weightmans

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