# Solicitor - Motor Role

**Company**: Davies
**Location**: Belfast, United Kingdom
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Insurance

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## Description

We are seeking a Solicitor to join our Motor team as an insurance defence litigation specialist. You will work closely with a team of Solicitors to progress matters, including discovery, analysis of quantum evidence, liaising with counsel and third-party experts, trial preparation, and legal research. You will also build and develop your own caseload.

## Key Responsibilities

- Work within the Motor team to pursue completion of files in line with client instruction to the commercial benefit of Keoghs and clients.

- Communicate, build, and utilize relationships with colleagues, clients, and third parties in a professional and knowledgeable manner.

- Proactively identify next steps required on matters, discuss with the Lead Lawyer, and take agreed actions.

- Interview witnesses and draft statements.

- Liaise with parties involved in claims, including insured, insurer, witnesses, etc.

- Draft pleadings and applications.

- Instruct counsel and attend conferences, JSMs, mediations, and trials.

- Deliver agreed performance targets and quality standards.

- Maintain case management systems with up-to-date management information for clients.

- Ensure compliance with LSNI regulations.

## Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

- Qualified solicitor or proven relevant legal experience is essential.

- Experience of indemnity, liability, and quantum is desirable.

- Experience of cases involving complex medical issues is preferred.

- Good telephone advocacy skills.

- Positive, confident, and enthusiastic.

- Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills.

- Good advocacy skills.

- Excellent interpersonal and client care skills.

- Understanding of case law and litigation practice and process, and Court Practice Rules.

- Ability to plan and prioritize workloads, meet deadlines, and work under pressure.

- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.

- Ability to weigh facts, apply the law, and make decisions.

- Ability to anticipate problems and identify solutions.

- Driven to achieve and take development opportunities with a positive attitude.

- Confidence to take initiative, innovate, and adapt to changing situations.

- Confidence to seek advice and guidance when dealing with new tasks.

- Ability to follow instruction and give clear instruction, direction, and guidance to more junior team members.

- Ability to recognize when sensitivity and tact are required.

- Ability to work effectively within a team.

- Proficient IT skills (Word, Excel, and Office).

## Skills

### Required
- Qualified solicitor
- legal experience
- indemnity
- liability
- quantum
- telephone advocacy
- written communication
- advocacy
- interpersonal skills
- client care
- case law
- litigation practice
- Court Practice Rules
- analytical skills
- attention to detail
- problem-solving
- teamwork
- IT skills

### Nice to have
- Experience of cases involving complex medical issues

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