Newly Qualified Solicitor - Medical Negligence

at  Fieldfisher

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

Fieldfisher has one of the UK’s leading Personal Injury and Medical Negligence compensation claims practices. We have extensive experience in pursuing claims for victims of medical negligence. We are recognised as a Tier Two ranked team in Manchester by law directories including The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. The wider team were also named as winners of the Legal 500, Claimant Medical Negligence Award.
Over the past 25 years we have helped thousands of people recover compensation for their injuries and illnesses. Many of the cases have settled for well over £1 million.
Due to continued growth, we have an excellent opportunity for an NQ Solicitor to join this market leading team. You will be responsible for assisting several partners across a growing caseload of medical negligence claims of maximum severity, whilst also running your own smaller caseload of matters. The intention would be for the candidate to expand his/her own caseload as soon as possible.

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Qualified lawyer with relevant UK claimant work
• Should be able to demonstrate experience in and have a keen interest in marketing
• An ability to build relationships with the client, family, witnesses, counsel and experts
• Enthusiastic team player with commitment to quality and client care
• Good case management skills
• Strong academics essential
• Excellent communication skills
• The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a real commitment to and empathy with the cause of the client.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Proactively support the Senior Fee Earners, whose caseload consists of medical negligence claims
• Assist with disclosure tasks, witness statements, schedules of loss
• Preparing thorough documentation required in the preparation of cases from beginning through to trial
• Liaising with counsel/experts
• Liaising with clients and handling matters with the appropriate sensitivity
• Pursuing and expanding on existing business development opportunities

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RECRUIT ON A ROLLING BASIS, MEANING THAT YOUR APPLICATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE REVIEWED BEFORE THE APPLICATION DEADLINE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS UNTIL WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FILLED THE ROLE.

Fieldfisher is a European law firm with market-leading practices in many of the world’s most dynamic sectors. We are an exciting, forward-thinking organisation with a particular focus on technology, financial services, energy & natural resources, and life sciences.
We are a law firm built around people with all their diversity and we strike a healthy balance between legal excellence and a down-to-earth practical approach to our clients’ needs. We believe The Future is Human, so we choose a collaborative approach with an intense focus on the end-user and consider carefully how to shape our services to add the most value to our clients