Complex Paralegal – Property, Risk and Coverage

Overview

Keoghs LLP is one of the leading insurance law firms in the UK and can rightly claim to be amongst the most dynamic in its sector. We now have a number of exciting opportunities to join our Property Risks and Coverage Large & Complex Loss team. These roles are based out of our Bristol office.

Department: Legal

Location: Bristol

Responsibilities

• Chasing documents
• Telephone calls to court/clerks/client
• Collating documents for lawyers needed to consider strategy
• Preparing bundles
• Diarising Court orders and other critical dates
• Arranging conferences
• Arranging Counsel and other expert attendance
• Legal research & completing factual chronologies
• Ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
• Any other duties as may be required

This is primarily an assisting role and you will not be required to handle a caseload in your own right, but you will be managing cases directly under the supervision of the Lead Lawyer/Partner.

You will also be working on delegated tasks on files belonging to the wider team.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Degree level education and/or postgraduate
• An ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to work with case management systems
• The personal skills to deal with competing demands of your team of lawyers
• Previous experience of working in a team which handles insurance claims

Desirable

• Knowledge of the sorts of disputes dealt with by the PRC team

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Law Practice

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