Department: CSG – Casualty (EL/PL / Complex Injury / Disease / Fraud / Motor Injury / Vehicle Hire and Damage)
Location: Belfast
Application Deadline: 29 May 2026
Overview
We are looking for a Solicitor to join our Motor team, handling all types of motor injury, credit hire and damage cases and develop their career with us.
We advise insurers and corporate clients in their defence of claims of all values, types and complexity. Our National team whose clients are a mix of leading names in the insurance industry as well as household name corporates, deals with all aspects of defendant litigation, including 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.
Key Responsibilities
- Run and assist with a varied case load of pre‑litigation and litigated work with appropriate levels of supervision, including cases where liability is disputed and attending court and counsel.
- Hit, maintain and apply a consistent approach to 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.
- Assume responsibility for quality control and benchmark compliance on own caseload, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of management reporting and information.
- Maintain an awareness of firm’s procedures and strategies.
- Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions and reading appropriate publications.
- Handle confidential information in line with firm’s data security protocols.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- A Solicitor with a keen interest and enthusiasm for motor injury, credit hire and damage cases, ideally with prior experience.
- 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 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).
Job Benefits
- High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance – https://jobs.dacbeachcroft.com/whats-in-it-for-you/
- A well‑rounded remuneration package (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 (ESG) activities.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in‑house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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