Paralegal - Casualty Injury

• Efficient Case Management: Proactively manage your own caseload of predominantly litigated fast track matters to ensure deadlines are met and cases are concluded efficiently
• Training: Embrace the training provided and the support given to all new starters to assist in your legal development, the litigation process and with handling litigated claims more generally
• Clear Case Strategy: With support where needed, devising clear case strategies, balancing the commercial interests of both the firm and the client
• Client and Firm Needs: Ensure work meets client needs, firm’s commercial requirements, and quality standards
• Working collaboratively: Where required, work collaboratively with other teams ensuring that you build your internal network of contacts
• Technical Expertise: Apply current technical expertise and case law to each claim whilst also maintaining and developing technical knowledge through training sessions and reading relevant publications
• Engage with Clients: Engage with clients and support business development plans to maximize opportunities to meet and build rapport, always acting as an ambassador of the firm

• Graduates who have no legal work experience but have undertaken either a legal degree and/or LPC (or similar)
• Paralegals with 0-1+ years’ experience in a similar role, ideally with EL/PL experience
• Good organisation skills, able to work to deadlines, prioritise own workload, meet conflicting demands and has a strong work ethic
• Able to produce work to a high standard, with excellent attention to detail and concern for quality of service
• Somone who is enthusiastic about joining a well-established and highly thought of Casualty Injury (EL/PL) team and who can see themselves building a future with DAC Beachcroft
• Eager to collaborate and build lasting relationships with colleagues, becoming an integral part of a growing team

Candidates with alternative backgrounds such as Claimant, motor, disease, pre-litigated Defendant work, clinical negligence, profin etc.

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance
• A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
• Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
• In person and remote social events
• Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities