Paralegal managing Credit Hire claims for high - profile clients in a hybrid role. Joining a team at DWF with a supportive and collaborative culture.
About the role
- Paralegal assisting in property damage recovery claims for major insurers at a leading UK law firm. Collaborative environment with flexible work encouraged.
Responsibilities
- The team has a particular focus Claimant recoveries and the work that the team does will involve advising a number of well-known insurers on issues of funding, prospects of success, evidential matters arising from fires, floods and other perils.
- This is an assisting role and you will not be required to handle a case load in your own right.
- You will be working on delegated tasks on files belonging to the wider team.
- Key accountabilities for role will include:
- Chasing documents
- Collating documents for lawyers needed to consider strategy
- Diarising Court orders and other critical dates
- Arranging conferences
- Arranging Counsel and other expert attendances
- Legal research & completing factual chronologies
- Ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
- Dealing with routine correspondence
- Investigating claims and considering prospects of recovery
- Communicating effectively with lay and insurer clients
- Completing investigations including obtaining fire brigade reports, MID searches, loss adjuster reports and further evidence
- Liaising with loss adjusters and experts
Requirements
- Degree level education and/or Post graduate
- An ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to pay attention to detail
- Ability to work with case management systems
- The personal skills to deal with competing demands of your team of lawyers
- ****Desirable**
- Previous experience of working in a team which handles insurance claims
- Knowledge of the sorts of disputes dealt with by the PRC team
Benefits
- Davies Incentive Plan
- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
- Simply Health Care Cash Plan
- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
- Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
- Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee Volunteering Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Tech Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loan*
- Gym Flex*
- Access to Online Discount Sites
- Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
- Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
- Discounts at local retail outlets
- *after successfully completing probation
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