Medical Negligence Solicitor

Our client is a prestigious regional law firm based in the heart of Hertfordshire. With regional offices spanning London, Essex and Hertfordshire, our client has been voted as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2024.

The role:

We are seeking  an enthusiastic claimant Medical Negligence Solicitor or FILEx with 10+ yrs pqe, to take responsibility for and to develop a case load of high value, multitrack, medical negligence cases involving life changing injuries.

Successful candidates will be committed to excellent client care, case management and be actively engaged in marketing and business development, ideally with a background of building relationships with charities.  

Law Society Medical Negligence Panel and/or AvMA membership is essential.

Your duties will involve:

• Compiling evidence in support of a claim

• Evaluating the merits of a claim

• Identifying the legal and medical issues

• Calculating appropriate damages

• Drafting a schedule of loss

• Drafting statements

• Instructing and liaising with medical experts

• Instructing and liaising with Counsel

• Communicating and negotiating with Defendant Solicitors

• Communicating with clients

• Complying with Civil Procedure Rules and Court directions

• Providing guidance and support to junior fee earners

• Identifying, building, and nurturing contacts to promote development of the work type

• Leading structured BD initiatives to generate referrals and build connections

The Benefits:

• A supportive and nurturing working environment with monthly one-to-ones, department meetings and a six-monthly appraisal scheme.

• Flexible and hybrid working.

• Firm-wide and fee-earner bonus schemes.

• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per year, rising by one day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.

• Automatic enrolment to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps staff members experiencing personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and wellbeing.

• Enrolment to our Healthcare Cash Plan after the probationary period. Cover includes dependant children and may be extended to partners or spouses at the employee’s expense.

• Access to Mintago, a comprehensive employee financial wellbeing platform.

• Each office has its own designated Social and Wellbeing champion, who is there to help promote good mental and physical health with a range of initiatives including social walks, book clubs, charitable activities and out-of-hours get-togethers and events.

• Annual staff events including summer and Christmas events, quarterly office lunches.

Responsibilities & Requirements