# Solicitor - Motor Role

**Company**: Davies
**Location**: Belfast, United Kingdom
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**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.

## 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 action as agreed

- Interview witnesses and draft statements

- Liaise with parties involved in claims, including the 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 desirable

- Experience of cases involving complex medical issues 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

## Skills

### Required
- legal research
- case management
- advocacy
- written communication
- analytical skills

### Nice to have
- indemnity
- liability
- quantum
- complex medical issues

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