Neurotrauma Solicitor​/Associate

We are a full-service law firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne serving clients throughout the UK and further afield. We have an outstanding reputation for delivering high quality partner-led advice with exceptional personal service.

Our team of over 230 colleagues includes 40 partners, 120 fee-earners and 70 people in business services roles. Our client base includes large companies, owner managed businesses, healthcare professionals, leisure operators and rural businesses.

With a history stretching back over 125 years, we recognise the importance the contribution that businesses like ours should and can have on the local community and we, therefore, encourage our partners and employees to get involved and give back to the local community in which we live and work.

Our vision is to set the standard for legal excellence and in doing so, to become the law firm of choice for businesses, organisations and individuals. To meet our vision and deliver an outstanding service we employ individuals who understand our clients’ needs, take pride in what they do and how they do it. Our values go to the heart of the firm.

They define who we are and how we work. It is by remaining true to our values that we will achieve our vision. This is what we value most:

• Teamwork – we trust and respect one another. We see strength in our diversity as individuals and as a practice. We achieve the best outcomes for clients when we work collaboratively, recognizing and respecting the different perspectives that we bring.
• Excellent Client Service – We take the time to truly understand our clients’ needs and aim to provide practical, tailored and commercial solutions – not just options – to help them achieve their goals. Through hard work and commitment, we aim to develop long-term relationships with all our clients, taking pride in the value that we add.
• Professionalism – We work to the highest professional and technical standards, acting with the utmost integrity at all times. We are fiercely proud of our reputation as being a trusted adviser to our clients, often over several generations, and continually strive to ensure that our clients’ interests come first and foremost.
• Our People – We work together to create an open, supportive and friendly working environment where our people feel valued, can develop their careers and achieve their professional ambitions.

If this sounds like a vision you would like to be a part of, our values resonate with your own personal values, and you meet the requirements of the role described, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please read on!

We have a vacancy for a full-time Solicitor or Associate to work within the expanding Neurotrauma team in our award-winning Claimant Personal Injury department. The successful candidate will work as part of the Neurotrauma team who represent Clients throughout the country in cases involving brain and spinal cord injury. The role will focus on paediatric work and supporting children who have sustained life changing injuries and their families.

This position is within our existing Team of Lawyers in the Yorkshire region.

Everyone in our Neurotrauma Team is dedicated to securing the best outcome possible for our clients and supporting clients at an early stage with access to treatment for their injuries and rehabilitation. We achieve this by working in partnership with clients, with fellow professionals including case managers and therapists who form part of our clients’ multidisciplinary teams and all those who support them as they come to terms with significant, life-changing injuries.

We know that early, effective rehabilitation improves our clients’ outcomes and we are committed to securing the necessary funding as soon as possible to ensure that our…