Based in Belfast, a leading and reputable law firm are currently seeking an experienced Solicitor (Motor) to join their well-established team.
This is a Full-Time, Permanent position.
Working hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary negotiable (dependent on experience).
Job Role:
You will be responsible for working within the motor team, handling all types of motor injury, credit hire and damage cases.
Essential Criteria:
- 0–2-year PQE Solicitor interested in developing a role within a busy motor team.
- Litigation experience.
- A keen interest and enthusiasm for motor work and the demands of clients.
- Able to adopt a commercial perspective to legal issues with a concern for quality of service.
- Ability to strictly comply with client requirements and SLA’s.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal – with the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to manage and prioritise your own workload.
- Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience in handling or assisting in motor litigation claims is desirable but not essential.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Running and assisting with a varied case load of pre-litigation and litigated work with the appropriate levels of supervision. These will include cases where liability is disputed and will also include attending Court / Counsel.
- Hit, maintain and apply a consistent approach to all individual targets of financial performance, realisation rates, settlement rate and average claim spend.
- Support marketing and business development activity within the team e.g. attending marketing events and client training.
- Assume responsibility for quality control and benchmark compliance on own caseload, including accuracy and timeliness of management reporting and information.
- Maintain an awareness of firm's procedures and strategies.
- Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications.
- Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.
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