Paralegal - Casualty Injury - Belfast
Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.
Job Introduction
The Claims Solutions Group - Casualty team in Belfast provides advice and claims management to the insurance industry.
We are now accepting applications from paralegals looking to join a supportive team and ambitious firm.
Role Responsibility
- Claims handling a variety of litigated and pre-litigated casualty injury files.
- Assisting on claims for other fee earners in the wider Belfast team, including carrying out preliminary investigations and evidence gathering; obtaining witness statements; and contacting relevant parties to obtain contractual and other relevant documentation; reviewing medical records.
- Ensuring that the case management system files are updated with diary dates as required by the case.
- Developing your knowledge of litigation tactics and a sound working knowledge of the Northern Ireland Court Rules.
- Assuming responsibility for client protocol compliance both on own files and where working on task-based assignments.
- Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols
- Meeting and exceeding internal targets for time recording and billing.
The Ideal Candidate
- A degree in Law (LLB or equivalent).
- Minimum 1 year casualty injury paralegal experience.
- Knowledge of the litigation process in Northern Ireland.
- Be interested in and have a good working knowledge of disease principles.
- Be IT-literate, with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office and previous knowledge or experience of a case management system.
- Be interested in and willing to develop your knowledge of the technical aspects of disease as required for the role.
- Be change-orientated, with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.
- Have a willingness to follow a process-driven system, working within set parameters.
- Be team-orientated, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the disease and wider Belfast team.
- Have an ability to adopt a commercial perspective.
DAC Beachcroft