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Litigation Assistant/Executive / Paralegal – Bilingual

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Job Title: Litigation Assistant – Romanian, Polish, Hungarian & Czech Speaking

Location: Northenden, Manchester

Salary: £19,000 per annum

Job type: Full time, Permanent

Hours: 8:30am-5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday

We are a top 200 Law Company that specialises in personal injury. We cover every area of personal injury including public liability, occupier’s liability, road traffic accidents, employer’s liability, industrial disease, serious injuries and clinical negligence matters.

We are currently seeking additional resource to support our very experienced fee earners. We are looking for multi-lingual applicants who are dedicated to offering exceptional client care. Applicants must be fluent in Polish, Romanian, Hungarian or any other Eastern Europe Language.

We see the Litigation Assistant role as a steppingstone towards even greater things – to Litigation Executive where, after sufficient tenure (usually circa 12 months), you may apply for the period of recognised training subject to the application criteria.

We welcome applicants with either paralegal or call centre experience. Depending on your experience, some applicants begin the role as a Litigation Executives, handling their own files. We are looking for people who – with further investment by us – will make excellent litigation lawyers. We have 20 trainee solicitors currently and plans to expand.

Job Duties:

No matter which department you’re in (RTA, EL, OL/PL, Clin Neg) your day to day duties will include:

  • Chasing by telephone e.g. medical records, police reports, engineer assessments, client statements.
  • Detail checking. Making sure the initial attendance is accurate. Keeping the case management file fully up to date.
  • Client care
  • Document analysis. Research, review of expert reports, review of denials, quantum reviews, drafting of court documentation, attending applications, attending conferences, taking notes.
  • Witness statements
  • Weekly reviews with supervisors
  • Four monthly appraisals to discuss you and your career
  • Task management. You will be supporting a lawyer and their clients
  • Case progression

Key Requirements

  • Must be fluent in Polish, Romanian, Hungarian or any other Eastern Europe Language
  • People with strong academic achievements, ideally LPC or LLM but can consider graduates with LLB, GDL, or other legal qualifications
  • Strong commercial acumen and desire for helping injured people
  • People with the right attitude, who want to learn and progress
  • People who show professionalism, maturity and aptitude for client handling and ability to deal with pressure.
  • We are looking for our Trainee Solicitors of the future, so we need to see the correct skills.

We offer an uncapped number of Trainee Solicitors with rolling admittance dates throughout the year.

What we can offer you

Personal Injury Academy – Within 6 months of starting at Express Solicitors, we offer bespoke training on black letter law and soft skills. This will be a solid foundation to progress in the role.

Thereafter you will have further in-depth training on Personal Injury litigation modules throughout your journey to a training contract.

Our trainers include 2 Partners with over 62 years combined PQE gained in Personal Injury litigation, as well as an IT Trainer and a Soft Skills Trainer. Together your induction plan on black letter law, soft skills, IT skills and call handling skills will be delivered.

Benefits Package

We always endeavour to recruit and retain the best staff around. To do so we offer competitive remuneration packages, ongoing training and development opportunities and a wide variety of interesting and challenging work. Additionally, we also offer the following:

  • 23 days holiday, rising 1 day per year to 26 days, plus bank/public hols. 3 of these days are reserved for the Christmas office closure
  • 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
  • Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service
  • Life Assurance – 2 x salary based on annual salary only – eligibility commences when you join the company
  • Salary sacrifice pension scheme, in addition to auto-enrolment option
  • Active social committee, Company pays for trips to e.g. Bowling, Quiz Night, Christmas party, Summer Barbecue plus in-team events such as Escape Rooms, Junkyard Golf etc.
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Free fruit delivered twice a week for all employees
  • Strong track record of training and promotions throughout the Company

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Training Plan, Junior Paralegal, Trainee Solicitor, Legal Assistant, Litigation Assistant, Legal Executive, Legal Support Assistant, Paralegal, Legal Executive, Legal Handler, Legal Secretary, Legal Aid will also be considered for this role.

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If you have any questions and you would rather chat to a member of our team please email or call us about this role.

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