Catastrophic Injury Solicitor

Our national Large Loss team provides an expert, experienced legal service dealing with claims involving injuries of the utmost severity and complex technical insurance work. Weightmans’ Large Loss team handles claims reserved at over £350,000, representing over £800 million of client reserves. The claims are varied, including Motor, employers’ liability, public liability and product liability. Typical cases involve brain, spinal and amputation injuries and also substantial dependency fatality claims.

We are currently recruiting for a Large Loss Lawyer NQ – 3YR PQE to join our Large Loss team. The successful candidate will 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 reports 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 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 CPR and rehabilitation protocol
• Keep up to date with legal developments in high‑value personal injury
• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets/KPIs
• Ensure relevant deadlines and quality measures are adhered to
• Comply with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

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.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Legal