Complex Injury Paralegal

We are seeking a dedicated Complex Injury Paralegal to join our successful and growing Complex Injury Team in London.

As a Complex Injury Paralegal, you will assist with a varied caseload of Employer's Liability and Public Liability (EL/PL) claims, ranging from lower-value matters through to complex, high-value cases worth millions of pounds.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with the Lead Lawyer and wider Complex Injury Team, you will support the progression of EL/PL personal injury matters from instruction through to resolution. Duties will include:

• File & Case Support
• Preparing, filing, serving, and diarising basic court documents and hearing dates
• Liaising with experts, counsel, insureds, and witnesses
• Coordinating conferences, hearings, joint settlement meetings, and expert appointments
• Managing CRU registrations, updates, and settlement notifications
• Reviewing medical records, photographic evidence, and surveillance footage
• Drafting summaries, mandates, and applications for records and police reports
• Taking and fielding calls from all parties involved in the claims

As your skills develop, you will progress to tasks including:

• Preparing instructions to counsel
• Drafting witness statements and liaising with witnesses
• Preparing and reviewing disclosure
• Attending client meetings and preparing notes
• Drafting updates to clients and more complex court documentation

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience in a similar role, i.e., previous paralegal, low-value file handling
• Minimum of 5 GCSEs (grade 5/C or above)
• Demonstrable interest in law (e.g., LPC, CILEX, or experience in a legal environment)
• Experience of the litigation process,ideally in personal injury
• Strong communication and telephone skills
• Confident, organised, and able to manage competing priorities
• High attention to detail,especially when tasks are repetitive
• Good IT, literacy, and administrative skills
• A proactive team player with the flexibility to support the needs of the team
• Ability to work in line with the SRA Code of Conduct

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 year's service
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• 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