- Location
- London UK
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Legal
- Source
- Pinpoint
Description
Paralegal
Department: Legal
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London UK
Description
This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone who is considering their first step into Healthcare & Sports litigation. The role will be to work directly alongside two of the Healthcare & Sports Partners on a range of matters. The successful candidate will be required to deal with delegated tasks on non–delegated, hourly rate, high profile cases where Keoghs act for a large number of interested parties.
Key Accountabilities
- Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards – the paralegal will be expected to achieve 5.2 chargeable hours per day.
- Fielding telephone calls and dealing with general queries; together with liaising with parties involved in claims including the policy holders, insurers, experts, and witnesses.
- Reviewing huge volumes of medical records to provide a factual note of the evidence/chronology.
- Use of Collaborate and/or Bundledocs to upload documents, providing access to clients, experts, and Counsel.
- Maintaining Tracker with details of new proceedings and new involvements so as to keep the digital file current.
- Creating indexes and bundles using Bundledocs; and/or preparing documents digitally for use by Counsel and experts.
- Using Foxit to split files and save into Tracker document library.
- Arranging conferences with client and counsel and experts; obtaining availability for hearings, JSMs and trials.
- Liaising with witnesses including their availability for conferences and trials.
- Registering and updating CRU, notifying CRU of settlement.
- Legal research.
- Ad hoc legal tasks.
- Assisting with billing queries.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
- Excellent telephone and communication skills with people at all levels inside and outside of the business
- An ability to organise and prioritise tasks using initiative
- Calm under pressure with the ability to re-prioritise and delegate effectively when required
- Excellent Listening, Verbal and Written Communication skills
- Excellent IT skills
- A team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a result and ensure client service levels are met
- Ability to anticipate problems, identify solutions, and make decisions
Benefits
- Davies Incentive Plan
- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
- 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 – after 1 years’ service
- Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee Volunteering Programme
- 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
