Recruiter

Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd

Salary

Competitive

Location

Birkenhead and Tranmere

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Personal Injury Defence Fee Earner (Solicitor, Paralegal, Legal Assistant) BLUP7413
Birkenhead
Salary negotiable depending on experience

As one of the North West’s largest Personal Injury specialists, our client is continuing their expansion and growth. They are a dynamic, ambitious company with a dedicated staff team of more than 430 members. Their youthful, friendly and professional culture recognises values, develops every individual and provides a supportive and rewarding environment.

With this continued growth in mind, they are now looking to recruit an experienced Defence Fee Earner to join their Personal Injury team in Birkenhead.

As a Defence Fee Earner, you will deal with all aspects of litigated and non – litigated Defence personal injury claims, including RTA claims, and pursuing Part 20 claims on behalf of clients when appropriate. You will have a good working knowledge of the CPR and/or and other relevant case law and/or legislation and progressing defences in a timely manner in accordance with the CPR.

You will also have a working knowledge and where appropriate advise on/progress claims involving technical arguments such as indemnity/RTA/Article 75 Insurer issues, resiling from admissions, and pursuing non-parties to litigation.

In addition, you will instruct Counsel, attend conferences, hearings and CMC’s etc and will undertake telephone advocacy when appropriate e.g. allocation hearings and CMCs. You will also take a pragmatic commercial approach to settlements and advise clients as to litigation/cost risks. You will ensure that clients are kept fully informed as to the progress of their matter and you will keep apprised of any developments and changes in the areas of work in which you are engaged.

To be successful in this role, candidates will have previous experience in handling Defence claims within a similar environment. You will have excellent client care and analytical skills which would include written and oral advice in a clear and concise manner. Good IT Skills with a sound working knowledge of Solcase or similar case management system would be an advantage.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading firm offering an excellent salary and benefits for the right individual.

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.

Recruiter

Hewitson Walker

Salary

From £16,000 to £20,700 per year

Location

Chester

Qualifications

Degree

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

We are recruiting a number of Graduates (Must have completed a degree or equivalent, although you do not have to have graduated) on a contract basis to work as Case Handlers for a FTSE 100 company within the Financial Services/Banking sector.

This role is based in Chester (close to the station) and is initially on a Contract until the 31st December 2013, although could be extended.

Working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. There 2 shifts available, 07.00 to 15.00 paying £16,000 (rising to £18,000 after 3 months) and 15.00 to 23.00 which pays £18,400 (rising to £20,700 after 3 months)

We will be looking for candidates to be available to start at the end of June & beginning of July.

**THIS IS NOT A SALES ROLE AND INVOLVES NO COLD CALLING**

The role will involve investigating the sale of a customer`s Insurance policy, to see if they were aware of the insurance terms and conditions and to assess whether it was a suitable product for them.

You will manage your own case load and will be responsible for liaising with Customers, 3rd Parties, such as solicitors and other internal departments. There will also be large admin element.

You will be given comprehensive training over 2 weeks to enable you to understand the Insurance product, use the relevant systems and undertake the role in the style required by the company.

You will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills as you will be speaking with customers on the phone and responding in writing.