Senior Associate - Serious Injury

Background

The Serious Injury department is a multidisciplinary team which represents claimants and their families following life changing injuries such as traumatic head, brain, spinal cord injury, amputations, polytrauma and fatal injuries. The specialist team provides help and support with a heavy emphasis on rehabilitation.

Hugh James is a trusted legal partner of the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA), accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), approved solicitors by Headway UK, Brake, RoadPeace, Horatio’s Garden, Child Brain Injury Trust, and The Limbless Association.

Our solicitors have been consistently ranked in the top tiers by the independent legal guides, Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, as leaders in the field of personal injury and specifically spinal cord and brain injury litigation.

The Role

The Serious Injury team is looking for an experienced Senior Solicitor to act on behalf of a variety of clients including children and adults who have suffered life changing injuries, including traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and polytrauma as a result of road traffic collisions, accidents at work and assaults. The solicitor will also deal with fatal accident work and pursuing claims on behalf of dependants and estates.

The role will involve dealing directly with clients, their families, healthcare professionals and counsel to achieve the best possible rehabilitation and outcome in terms of settlement of their claim. Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and the principles that need to be adhered to is beneficial but not essential as training in this niche specialist area will be given.

We are looking for a hardworking, client-centered, forward-thinking, diligent, enthusiastic, sociable individual who can bring a dynamic and vibrant approach to the role. Ideally the candidate will be keen to become involved in business development opportunities and support charities that support catastrophically injured people. 

The successful candidate will work closely with the other partners and lawyers in the team but will also be able to proactively manage their own caseload. 

Skills & Qualifications

•                Experience in complex personal injury cases

•                Excellent understanding of Civil Procedure Rules and protocols

•                Sound technical ability

•                High level organisation skills

•                Personable and confident

•                Enjoy networking and business development

Life at Hugh James

We never shy away from a challenge

We are a leading, full-service UK law firm. Since our beginning, we have been led by the things that matter. We care about fighting for the right outcomes. Solving the seemingly unsolvable. Protecting businesses, individuals and livelihoods. Supporting our people, our communities. Safeguarding our planet. Looking for a way forward? At Hugh James, challenges - of all sizes - are readily accepted.

The Hugh James difference

Our law firm has always been guided by the idea that self-belief is just as important as skillset. Our pursuit of righting wrongs and protecting what’s important keeps us driving forwards. It’s in our roots! We won’t stop until we find the answers; the outcomes that are needed.

We are focused on the work we do, the business we run, and our culture. Our entrepreneurial spirit has taken us from humble beginnings to a strong presence across the UK with offices in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and Plymouth - servicing clients from businesses, individuals and banks to public sector organisations, property companies, education establishments and utilities providers. Our collegiate culture, our forward-looking ethos, our values serve to make us bigger, better, bolder than ever before.

A positive force in the community

Our work with charities on a local and national level plays a huge part in our day-to-day lives. We work with a large range of charities, some of which we support through fundraising, donations, volunteering and others we partner with where our areas of work cross paths. Staff, clients everyone comes together through a shared passion to do good in the community and support those in need.

Some of our benefits on offer include:

Minimum of 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Two Corporate Social Responsibility days

Birthday day off

Death in service equivalent to twice annual salary

Auto enrolment pension scheme

Hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts for local businesses

Professional fees paid (subject to requirement for your role)

Employee recruitment incentive scheme

Hugh James is an equal opportunities and disability confident committed employer.

We reserve the right to close our vacancies earlier than the given deadline if we receive sufficient applications for the role.