Local Government and Property Damage Solicitor

About your new role

Our Market Leading Local Government team provides a full,

expert service in defending public (PL) and employers' liability (EL) claims

across the public sector. Weightmans' team is second-to-none in providing

defendant litigation services in these and other specialist Casualty areas. We

operate on a national basis with dedicated commercial insurance and Local

Government teams and as part of our wider specialism we have a dedicated

Casualty Fraud team.

We are currently recruiting for a lawyer to join

our Local Government Team based in either Birmingham

or Leicester.

We seek a lawyer to assist on high value and complex

property damage claims as a result of escapes of water and waste from

infrastructure, natural flooding, and tree roots and invasive species at the

pre-action stage and litigated through the High Court TCC for Local Government

and Statutory Bodies. As part of your role, you will also have conduct of your

own lower value FT/MT property damage claims with the opportunity to progress

to gaining more autonomy and handling the larger value and complex claims with

experience. This is an excellent opportunity for a junior lawyer with a real

interest in dealing with technical disputes and litigation.

You will be responsible for assisting on large scale

disclosure exercises, the preparation and obtaining of witness and expert

evidence, and meeting court deadlines together with the running of the day to

day of your cases including liaising with clients, opponents, court, witnesses

and undertaking your own liability investigations.

Your key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Handling

or assisting on predominantly PL property damage claims involving

residential and commercial properties and statutory infrastructure,

including water and waste assets and the highway.

• Assisting

senior fee earners with various tasks including general case management,

legal research, drafting of witness statements, instructions to experts

and counsel, reports to clients and preparation for court hearings

• Attending

client meetings and court hearings

• Responding

promptly and accurately to correspondence and telephone enquiries from

clients and other parties, with and without supervision

• Achieving

set financial and chargeable targets

• Supporting

the team's business development activities

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be

expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall

within the wider remit of the role.

About You

You will have experience handling or assisting on property

damage claims, or previous experience of handling casualty claims, and a

genuine, demonstrable interest in the work.

We also require you to have:

• Experience

of handing PL, EL, Highways claims

• A

proactive and forward-thinking mindset

• A

willingness to ask questions and engage with the whole team

• Experience

of handling own caseload

• Good

drafting skills

• Good

influencing skills.

• Good

communication skills.

• Good

IT skills

• Good

written and communication skills

• Good

time management and organisation skills

• Good

attention to detail and concentration

• Ability

to multi-task and prioritise

• Ability

to work to strict deadlines

• Ability

to work as part of a team and on own initiative

• Knowledge

of CPR procedure with proven technical ability

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you

could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to

receiving your application.

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