Reports to: Senior Associate/ Partner
Purpose of Job: To provide high quality and business focussed, commercial legal advice and solutions to clients, while providing an excellent service, and to assist senior fee earners where appropriate. Building client relationships and marketing/business development awareness and maintaining effective relationships across the firm encouraging cross-selling opportunities when appropriate.
Main Activities:
- Independently, and as part of a team, handling neurotrauma injury claims, both pre-litigation and litigated cases
- Working in partnership with case managers and rehabilitation providers
- Undertaking liability investigations
- Quantum investigations (including review of medical, therapy, employment, and case management documentation, obtaining medical and other expert evidence, and special damages calculations), drafting Schedules of Loss
- Applying a proactive approach on a case by case basis to achieve the very best outcome for the client
- Promoting the Firm, and particularly the Neurotrauma team, externally, by attending events, developing positive relationships with potential work-referrers, and supporting the business development
- Providing an exceptional client experience
- Dealing with court hearings and applications
Knowledge/Skills/Experience:
The prospective applicant should have experience of complex and high-value personal injury claims, specifically brain and spinal cord injury claims. The applicant should have a detailed knowledge of the CPR and will be required to be familiar with medical issues relevant to serious neurological injury claims, a significant body of relevant case law and complex quantum calculations.
Experience in paediatric work is also desirable, although not mandatory.
Client travel will be required, Sintons act on behalf of seriously injured people across all areas of the UK.
Additional notes or information:
- The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive and are subject to change in accordance with the needs of the firm.
