We are a full-service law firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne serving clients throughout the UK and further afield. We have an outstanding reputation for delivering high quality partner-led advice with exceptional personal service.
Our team of over 200 colleagues includes 35 partners, 121 fee-earners and 60 people in business services roles. Our client base includes large companies, owner managed businesses, healthcare professionals, leisure operators and rural businesses
With a history stretching back over 125 years, we recognise the importance the contribution that businesses like ours should and can have on the local community and we, therefore, encourage our partners and employees to get involved and give back to the local community in which we live and work.

Our vision is to set the standard for legal excellence and in doing so, to become the law firm of choice for businesses, organisations and individuals. To meet our vision and deliver an outstanding service we employ individuals who understand our clients’ needs, take pride in what they do and how they do it. Our values go to the heart of the firm. They define who we are and how we work. It is by remaining true to our values that we will achieve our vision. This is what we value most:

• Teamwork – we trust and respect one another. We see strength in our diversity as individuals and as a practice. We achieve the best outcomes for clients when we work collaboratively, recognizing and respecting the different perspectives that we bring.
• Excellent Client Service – We take the time to truly understand our clients’ needs and aim to provide practical, tailored and commercial solutions – not just options – to help them achieve their goals. Through hard work and commitment, we aim to develop long-term relationships with all our clients, taking pride in the value that we add.
• Professionalism – We work to the highest professional and technical standards, acting with the utmost integrity at all times. We are fiercely proud of our reputation as being a trusted adviser to our clients, often over several generations, and continually strive to ensure that our clients’ interests come first and foremost.
• Our People – We work together to create an open, supportive and friendly working environment where our people feel valued, can develop their careers and achieve their professional ambitions.

If this sounds like a vision you would like to be a part of, our values resonate with your own personal values, and you meet the requirements of the role described, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please read on!

REQUIREMENTS

The prospective applicant should have experience of complex and high-value personal injury claims, specifically brain and spinal cord injury claims and experience of running and assisting with paediatric injury claims. The applicant should have a detailed knowledge of the CPR and will be required to be familiar with medical issues relevant to serious neurological injury claims, a significant body of relevant case law and complex quantum calculations.
The successful candidate will have the interpersonal skills to deal with professional intermediaries and have an established network of those people working within the neurotrauma field. The candidate will be a competent advocate and be expected to participate in attending client events and other activities to create, maintain and build upon positive external relationships. Excellent communications skills are essential, as are managing expectations across a wide range of competing needs, a willingness to cover a variety of tasks and whilst we operate a strong life work balance ethos, the willingness to work outside core hours on occasion.

THE ROLE

We have a vacancy for a full-time Senior Associate to work within the expanding Neurotrauma team in our award-winning Claimant Personal Injury department. The successful candidate will work as part of the Neurotrauma team who represent Clients throughout the country in cases involving brain and spinal cord injury. The role will focus on paediatric work and supporting children who have sustained life changing injuries and their families.
Everyone in our Neurotrauma Team is dedicated to securing the best outcome possible for our clients and supporting clients at an early stage with access to treatment for their injuries and rehabilitation. We achieve this by working in partnership with clients, with fellow professionals including case managers and therapists who form part of our clients’ multidisciplinary teams and all those who support them as they come to terms with significant, life-changing injuries.
We know that early, effective rehabilitation improves our clients’ outcomes and we are committed to securing the necessary funding as soon as possible to ensure that our clients have everything they need to improve their quality of lives and participate in meaningful activities with as much independence as possible.
We take pride in what we do and how we do it, adopting a ‘will do’ attitude to each and every case. We strive to deliver an unrivalled service and provide our clients with the financial, professional and emotional support they require to empower them to lead the lives they want. We have an excellent reputation for our paediatric serious injury work. We have built a network of trusted partners and professionals in the field of paediatric brain injury and spinal injury, to support our clients and their families.

MAIN ACTIVITIES FOR THIS ROLE INCLUDE:

• Independently, and as part of a team, handling paediatric neurotrauma injury claims, both pre-litigation and litigated cases
• Working in partnership with case managers and rehabilitation providers
• Undertaking liability investigations
• Quantum investigations (including review of medical, therapy, employment, and case management documentation, obtaining medical and other expert evidence, and special damages calculations), drafting Schedules of Loss
• Applying a proactive approach on a case by case basis to achieve the very best outcome for the client
• Promoting the Firm, and particularly the Neurotrauma team, externally, by attending events, developing positive relationships with potential work-referrers, and supporting the business development
• Providing an exceptional client experience
• Dealing with court hearings and applications