Description
We are seeking a dedicated Complex Injury Paralegal to join our successful and growing Complex Injury Team in Southampton.
As a Complex Injury Paralegal, you will assist with large loss, catastrophic injury, and high-value multi-track claims, including multi-million-pound brain, spinal, amputation, and fatal injury cases, as well as large loss claims up to £1m.
Key Responsibilities
Working closely with our Lead Lawyer and wider Complex Injury Team, you will support the progression of high-value personal injury matters from instruction through to resolution.
Key responsibilities include:
- 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 and experience:
- 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 years’ 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