Department: Complex

Location: Coventry

Description

The assistant solicitor will predominantly assist the lead lawyers dealing with regulatory cases, motor crime and inquest work often from the day of the incident, investigating the incident circumstances and assisting with the case through to resolution.

The team predominately deal with health safety, nursing/care sector, environmental and motor crime cases but also undertake compliance audits.

This is a technical and client-facing role for a well-rounded lawyer, so you will have a keen interest in building client relationships through the delivery of training and mentoring as well as in delivering first class legal solutions to complex problems.

Primary location for this role is one of the Keoghs regional offices but you will be supporting lawyers based in London, working remotely.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and analysis of prosecution evidence and considering implications for lay client/company


• Drafting statements of insured/witnesses


• Review of clients evidence - obtaining, collating, indexing, cross-referencing with own statements and Prosecutions statements, summarising evidence for lead file handlers


• Liaising with Court, Coroners Office and CQC/Police/HSE or relevant regulator


• Liaising with experts - instructing own experts, summarising expert evidence, serving reports


• Serving Defence case statements, sentencing bundles and mitigation bundles


• Drafting written submissions, following liaison with lay client/corporate client


• Liaising with Insured re Prosecutions case and disclosure required


• Reviewing transcripts of evidence


• Organising and attending conferences meetings, drafting note of discussion and following agreed strategy following lead lawyers strategy


• Attendance / representation at interview under cautions


• Attendance behind Counsel for trials inquests - drafting notes of evidence, outcome and sentencing


• Arranges meetings, conferences, site visits, expert appointments


• Chase for transcripts and disclosure, collating the evidence


• Review of medical records, post mortem reports and CCTV footage


• Attending site, taking photos and drafting basic statements


• Research into relevant HSE guidelines


• Research into Insureds - corporate structure, their procedures, risk assessments, documents


• Collating witness availability


• Preparation of bundles for hearings, serving bundles


• To ensure compliance with the SRA standards regulations

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

A qualified Solicitor with a minimum of 1 years PQE, with crime, regulatory or care home inquest experience.

• An ability to prioritise workload


• Ability to pay attention to detail


• Ability to work with case management systems


• The personal skills to deal with insureds in a sensitive manner given the context within which they find themselves in


• Good telephone and communication skills with people at all levels inside and outside the business


• Calm under pressure


• Self-confidence, with good literacy and IT skills


• Good team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a result and ensure client service levels are met


• Ability to work effectively within the Keoghs Shared Values framework

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy sell 3 days)


• Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.


• Simply Health Care Cash Plan


• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing healthy living and financial legal wellbeing


• Death in Service


• Critical Illness Cover


• PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)


• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer


• Cycle to Work Scheme*


• Tech Scheme*


• Season Ticket Loan*


• Gym Flex*


• Access to Online Discount Sites


• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership


• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide


• Discounts at local retail outlets

* after successfully completing probation