Paralegal - Catastrophic Injury/Large Loss
The Team Our market-leading catastrophic injury specialists are trusted around the world by general and specialist insurers, corporations, and health...
The Team
Our market-leading catastrophic injury specialists are trusted around the world by general and specialist insurers, corporations, and health and public sector bodies to defend their most serious and highest value cases.
We handle the whole range of complex and high value claims including fatality, acquired brain injury, spinal cord damage, amputation, chronic pain, the funding of long-term care and rehabilitation.
The Role
As a Paralegal within our Catastrophic Injury / Large Loss team, you will play a key role in supporting our lawyers and Partners in the day-to-day management of claims. Your responsibilities will include:
- Assisting with liability enquiries and investigations in a very wide range of claims both at pre-litigation stage and litigated across motor, casualty, travel, aviation and marine cases.
- Recovery claims
- Obtaining and reviewing medical records and expert reports
- Drafting witness statements and preparing instructions to Experts and Counsel
- Preparing Counsel and Court bundles
- Providing general administrative support
In addition, your role will extend to:
- Supporting pre-litigation work across travel, holiday, accidents abroad, aviation, and marine cases.
- Assisting with pre-litigation and litigated motor and employer's/public liability (EL/PL) claims.
- Providing litigation assistance, including document management, procedural support, and coordination of case progression.
Essential Skills & Experience
Applicants must have excellent communication and organisational skills, along with the ability to work well under pressure and to strict deadlines. Although not essential, knowledge of the litigation process would be useful. Previous experience in a similar legal setting is required.
In return, you will benefit from being part of an organisation that is genuinely committed to its people. Within our friendly department you will have access to a range of learning and development opportunities designed to support your ongoing progression.
The Firm
When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.
Our Commitment
Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.
A Note on Privacy
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If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
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