# Solicitor Advocate / Barrister (Band 3)

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

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## Description

We are seeking a Solicitor Advocate / Barrister (Band 3) to provide advocacy, advisory and drafting services to our organisation.

Based in our Liverpool office, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic team, providing expert advice and representation to clients.

## Key Responsibilities

As a Solicitor Advocate / Barrister (Band 3), you will:

- Undertake advocacy, drafting and advisory work, including settling complex/high value pleadings, complex interlocutory hearings, fast track and multi-track trials, CCMCs, JSMs, sanctions and recoveries

- Develop and maintain high-level technical ability across all core practice areas

- Manage a sub-team or assist in managing the main team

- Deliver advocacy and litigation training/updates for fee earners

- Directly supervise and mentor Band One and Two Advocates

- Proactively develop client-facing and product development tasks as required

- Contribute to the development and marketing of the in-house advocacy team

## Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- If Barrister, a full practising certificate

- If Solicitor, Higher Rights of Audience

- 10+ years' call or PQE

- Substantial experience as an advocate in at least three of: insurance fraud, general PI, EL/PL, large loss, costs and/or professional negligence

## Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

- Davies Incentive Plan

- 25 days' holiday per year, increasing with level of service

- Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)

- Simply Health Care Cash Plan

- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing

- Death in Service

- Critical Illness Cover

- PHI/Income Protection

- Pension Contribution (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

## Skills

### Required
- advocacy
- drafting
- advisory
- litigation
- technical ability

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