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DAC Beachcroft is looking to recruit a Paralegal to join our Clinical Risk team. This role presents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and passionate individual to join an award-winning, progressive and highly specialised team. Our Clinical Risk cluster is the biggest nationally- handling a challenging but fulfilling caseload of defendant clinical negligence work- acting for a variety of clients, which may include work for NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, MDU, independent providers, and medical malpractice insurers.
Job Responsibility:
Assisting the team on interesting and varied work consisting of pre-lit and litigated defendant clinical negligence claims on behalf of NHS Resolution and NHS Trusts
Instructing experts and counsel
Liaising with witnesses
Arranging conferences
Drafting documents
Undertaking research
Dealing with disclosure issues
Attending conferences and hearings with counsel
Adhering closely to client protocol and process, using our bespoke case management system
Making an appropriate contribution to non-fee-earning activity e.g. knowledge sharing, training, client seminars and business development
Requirements:
Previous clinical negligence experience would be highly desirable but is not essential
Strong academic qualifications
Practical and enthusiastic
Strong sense of team
Desire to learn
Ability to understand and work through complex issues
Demonstrable ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues
Highly client-focused
Ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues