Assistant Lawyer - Discrimination Claims
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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
35 hours per week
Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch.
Primary location for this role is; Birmingham,
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
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
Job Benefits
- 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.
* after successfully completing probation
About Keoghs
Keoghs is a leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector. We manage more than £1bn worth of insurer claims and resolve in excess of 100,000 claims per year working in partnership with leading insurers, MGAs, brokers, corporates and the public sector.
With more than 50 years’ experience we have an in-depth understanding of the insurance claims process, enabling us to contain and lower litigation rates, shorten claims lifecycles and reduce overall claims costs. We combine proven processes, technology and low cost infrastructure with extensive legal and insurance market knowledge. This enables us to create individual solutions for each of our clients that match their requirements in terms of quality, performance and value for money.
We invest heavily in specialised services, technology and innovation for our insurance clients, and we are the first to launch a true artificial intelligence (AI) insurance lawyer. Through our proprietary AI lawyer, Lauri, we’ve transformed the claims handling process for low-value personal injury claims; we’ve reduced claim lifecycles and reduced costs for our clients. Supported by commercial acumen and innovative products, Keoghs leads the way in providing legal solutions to the insurance industry.