Junior Litigator

Davies
Bolton
3 days ago
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Description

Ready to take your legal career to the next level? If so we are seeking a Junior Litigator to join our Recoveries Team.

The purpose of the role is to effectively manage a portfolio of Delegated (DA) litigated cases where no defence has been received to ensure that damages and costs are recovered and in appropriate cases judgment is requested in a timely manner and if necessary referred to enforcement. In addition there will be a small allocation of liability admitted vehicle damage only claims, to allow for training in respect of handling defended claims and a progression route therein.


Key Accountabilities

  • Organising, prioritising and handling own workload in line with standard operating procedures to ensure that critical dates are met and KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved
  • Effective management of the litigation process to ensure KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved:
  • Adhering to all Court deadlines
  • Drafting of court documents
  • Applying for judgment where applicable
  • Negotiation of quantum and settlement on appropriate cases
  • Ensuring prompt payment of damages and costs by the Defendant
  • Instructing enforcement
  • Effective use of the case management system to ensure:
  • Reserving and all other key information is accurate and updated in a timely manner
  • Critical dates are met
  • All actions/strategies are documented by way of a file note
  • All documents in the history are clearly labelled
  • All relevant client MI populated to ensure case position correct in data exchanged
  • Delivering quality work, as a minimum meeting audit benchmark standards
  • Driving own personal development
  • Contributes to team effort by working collaboratively to ensure that team targets are achieved and by positively contributing to team morale
Working Hours  
35 hours per week
Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch
Primary location for this role is 2, The Parklands, Bolton 
Role is a hybrid/remote role with attendance in the Bolton office only compulsory on a Tuesday


Experience, Skills and Qualifications

  • Experience of working in a legal environment or from a legal academic background
  • Preferable experience of quantum negotiations or knowledge of tort law
  • Demonstrate experience of and the ability to:
  • Work to set deadlines
  • Deal with calls and enquiries from customers, suppliers and/or the public
  • Organise and prioritise their workload using a cases management system
  • Work as part of a team
  • IT literate: proficient in use of Microsoft Office packages (Excel and Word)
  • Excellent listening and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure 
  • Ability to take constructive feedback and set personal goals for continuous improvement.
Values:

Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our four values are at the heart of everything we do;

Keoghs values

We are connected
We are Dynamic
We are Innovative
We succeed together


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 
  • 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
*after successfully completing probation

#INDUKI
We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.

Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.

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