Assistant Lawyer - Discrimination Claims
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Occupation Type
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£41,700
(£21.38 per hour)
Standard minimum applies
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Description
Department: Legal
Location: Coventry
To support the Lead Lawyer to manage and progress discrimination claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes for clients at appropriate levels of profitability. The Assistant will be supporting the Lead Lawyer, specifically with discrimination claims as well as other equality act cases.
Key Responsibilities
- Reviewing documents and preparing reports.
- Dealing with disclosure
- Reviewing evidence (including medical / personnel records)
- Conducting investigations with Insured / obtaining witness statements.
- Instructing Counsel / Experts
- Research
- Drafting generally.
- Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel
- Dealing with routine correspondence.
- Court appointments.
- Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds.
- Ensure adherence to Court timetables
- To ensure compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct 2011
- Adhere to the Keoghs Values
Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch.
Primary location for this role is; Bolton
Keoghs, 2 Parklands, Lostock, Bolton BL6 4SE
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Ideal skills:
Essential skills:
Ideal skills:
- Technically proficient in supporting with a caseload of Equality Act cases including denial of access to services, acts of discrimination and harassment under the Equality Act.
- Technically proficient and confident in managing claims involving litigants in person.
- Experience of dealing with the Claims Portal as well as Fast, Intermediatd and Multi Track litigation
Essential skills:
- Effective negotiator
- Ability to use own initiative
- Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken
- Good listening and verbal communication skills
- Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail
- Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
- Ability to work under pressure and to target
- An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
- Good level of IT skills
- Davies Incentive Plan
- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
- Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.