Junior Associate/Associate – Motor

Junior Associate / Associate – Volume Claims (Motor)

Location: Birmingham

Team: Volume Claims – Motor

Overview

The role involves managing a varied caseload of motor claims, with a focus on credit hire disputes, supporting junior colleagues and delivering commercially focused advice to insurer clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of defended and pre-litigated motor claims, focusing on credit hire disputes.
• Handle claims from inception through to settlement, including litigation where appropriate.
• Apply technical expertise to quantum challenges, liability disputes, and fraud indicators.
• Draft pleadings, witness statements, and advise clients on strategy and risk.
• Deliver commercially focused and pragmatic advice to insurer clients.
• Provide day‑to‑day supervision and guidance to paralegals and junior handlers.
• Review work, provide feedback and support development of team members.
• Assist with training, coaching and process improvement initiatives.
• Act as a point of escalation for technical queries within the team.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key insurer clients.
• Ensure compliance with client SLAs, KPIs and reporting requirements.
• Support management with team performance and workflow oversight.

Skills & Experience

• Qualified solicitor (NQ‑3 PQE) or equivalent experience in defendant motor claims.
• Strong and demonstrable experience handling credit hire claims.
• Proven ability to manage a litigated caseload independently.
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior team members is highly desirable.
• Strong technical knowledge of motor claims, indemnity, and quantum issues.
• Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware with a client‑focused approach.

About the Team

Our Volume Claims team is a market‑leading practice advising insurer and corporate clients on high‑volume motor claims, combining technical excellence with efficient delivery. The Birmingham team plays a key role in handling credit hire and low‑value motor work at scale, offering a collaborative and supportive environment with clear progression opportunities.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

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