Solicitor - Specialist Liability

Job Introduction

The Specialist Liability  team advises insurers, public and private sector clients, charities and religious organisations in their defence of sensitive claims which carry the risk of damage to reputation.  Our National team advises  clients who are a mix of leading names in the insurance industry as well as household names in the private and charitable sectors.  Increasingly, the team is  involved in pre-emptive advice on these issues as well as dispute resolution.

Role Responsibility

This role is within the Newcastle Specialist Liability Team dealing with claims arising from allegations of sexual or physical abuse and failure to protect claims. The successful candidate would also deal with claims arising from breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 and Human Rights Act 1998. The applicant must have personal injury or clinical negligence litigation experience

Day to day responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:-

• Sound file management- to include consistent and accurate: billing; management of WIP and file closures; completion of Management Information.
• Dealing with clients’ case management systems
• Participating in marketing and client training events where necessary.
• Building relationships with client contacts at all levels (due to the nature of the work, contacts range from in house legal and insurance teams, insurers, human resources teams, line managers etc)
• Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols

The Ideal Candidate

• This position is suitable for a solicitor with a minimum 5 years’ PQE,
• Assisting the Head of Specialist Liability team.
• Experience of working in a target driven commercial environment.
• Excellent commercial awareness and an interest in broader business issues.
• Ability  to provide commercially rounded advice to clients and view things from a business perspective.
• Flexibility and pro-activity with an ability to adapt to rapid change, both internally and in the context of clients' businesses.
• Team player with a collegiate approach to knowledge sharing and problem solving.
• The ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information.
• Good IT skills.

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,400 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 12 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Peru, Central America, Argentina, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are known for our market-leading presence in sectors such as Insurance, Health and Real Estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for the majority of the top 30 insurance and financial services companies operating in the UK. We are the asset management lawyers for the UK’s largest shopping centres and act for 9 of the UK’s top 10 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 155 Chambers UK 2019 practice area and individual lawyer rankings, including 30 rankings at 'Band 1' level. In Legal 500 UK, 2018, the firm received top tier ranking for 32 of its practice areas and 59 practice areas in the top two tiers. In March 2018, we were named as one of Legal Week's Best Legal Advisors for the third year running, achieving category-leading satisfaction scores for our commercial approach, service delivery, quality of legal advice, communication & responsiveness and overall relationships.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com 

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