Department: Property Liability
Location: Manchester
Role: Paralegal – Full time
The Team
We have an established and well-respected group of lawyers with our Property & Liability Team who advise some of the UK’s largest insurers and their underwriters on all classes of property liability claims. This includes multi-million-pound claims for fire, infrastructure damage, flood damage, building defect claims, Party Wall Act disputes as well as subsidence. This involves claims under a full suite of property policies to include commercial combined covers, public liability, property owners risks and Construction All Risks cover. Our policy coverage claims involve advice on non-disclosure and fair presentation of risk, breach of conditions and also fraud.
The Role
The role of a Paralegal will involve assisting with a caseload of Property & Liability cases for a corporate client. The right candidate will need to be comfortable negotiating settlements on behalf of our client, providing advice and assessing/reviewing damages. Alongside assisting with a caseload, you can gain further exposure to higher value claims by assisting the team with the more complex property damage claims.
For this role the ability to analyse and evaluate information logically, good communication skills and the ability to relate well to clients and staff is important. Attention to detail, good organisational skills and communication skills are a necessity.
In terms of experience, we are looking for candidates with previous legal experience within a Property & Liability environment. Or Litigation experience.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Previous experience held in a Paralegal/Litigation executive role
- Ideally previous experience held in or knowledge of property or recoveries
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills
- The ability to meet deadlines and work efficiently by managing time in a fast paced environment.
- Willingness to learn and develop skills / knowledge
- A professional manner with the ability to build relationships internally and externally
Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
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