# Solicitor - Motor

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

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## Description

As a Solicitor - Motor with Davies, you will handle a varied caseload of litigated motor injury and credit hire cases within the County Court jurisdiction.

The role requires solicitors with 5+ years of post-qualification experience (PQE).

Keoghs Northern Ireland has grown significantly since its inception in 2019 and has established a strong reputation in the local market.

Our team is known for its supportive and collaborative approach, delivering excellent outcomes for our clients.

We offer a hybrid working arrangement, a relaxed dress code, and an agile working policy, allowing for a great work-life balance.

## Key Responsibilities

- Work as an insurance defence litigation specialist within the Motor team, pursuing file completions in line with client instructions and to the commercial benefit of Keoghs and its clients.

- Build and maintain professional relationships with colleagues, clients, and third parties through various communication channels.

- Proactively identify next steps and handle cases within agreed-upon handling authority.

- Conduct witness interviews and draft statements.

- Liaise with parties involved in claims, including insured parties, insurers, and witnesses.

- Draft pleadings and applications.

- Instruct counsel and attend conferences, consultations, and mediations.

- Attend court proceedings, trials, and settlement conferences as required.

- Deliver agreed-upon performance targets and quality standards.

- Maintain up-to-date case management systems and provide management information to clients.

- Ensure compliance with LSNI regulations.

## Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

- Law degree and qualified solicitor with 5+ years of PQE.

- Previous experience in defence insurance litigation is desirable but not essential.

- Good telephone advocacy skills.

- Positive, confident, and enthusiastic attitude.

- Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills.

- Strong interpersonal and client care skills.

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

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

- Confidence to take initiative and adapt to changing situations.

- Ability to work towards agreed targets and service level agreements.

- Excellent research and analytical skills.

- High level of IT skills.

## Skills

### Required
- Law degree
- qualified Solicitor
- 5+ years PQE
- Good telephone advocacy skills
- Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and client care skills
- Understanding of case law and litigation practice and process, and Court Rules
- Ability to prioritise work, keep to deadlines and work under pressure
- Confidence to take initiative and adapt to changing situations
- Ability to work to agreed targets and service level agreements
- Excellent research skills
- High level of analytical skills
- Excellent IT skills

### Nice to have
- Previous experience in defence insurance litigation

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