Litigation Manager

My client is a dedicated Personal Injury Law firm based in Liverpool & The Wirral who have an outstanding team of Solicitors who are renowned for their expertise in Personal Injury.

They deal with high quality RTA and Personal Injury cases and have grown steadily over the past few years and as a result they are looking to recruit a Litigation Manager.

Responsibilities:

The Employee’s main duties include but are not limited to:

• Review and advise fee earners on offers received, case strategy and all technical litigation aspects with the aim of improving case outcomes and developing the fee earner teams and their knowledge of litigation.
• To proactively review every fee earner’s caseload, identifying cases that should be prioritised for the issue of proceedings or where more urgent steps are needed in relation to case conduct, e.g., to address developing issues.
• To identify opportunities to achieve either quick resolution on good terms or alternatively to maximise client damages and costs through the litigation process.
• Support the enhancement of the case management system (Proclaim) to improve efficiencies and quality.
• Limitation reviews
• Incoming court post to check for orders/issues such as strike outs.
• Handling Court Service Emails and reviewing incoming court post to check for orders/issues such as strike outs.
• Working with the other senior managers and Directors to continually improve the results and quality of what the firm does.

Personal Specification:
 

• Senior level experience in Litigation
• Experience in RTA, EL/PL and other main personal injury claims
• Management experience
• Experience of running of own caseload of litigated files
• Ability to manage time and workload in a high paced environment.

If you are looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to work for a leading firm that truly value their employee’s development, please forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to b.davies@clayton-legal.co.uk or call Brad on 0151 2301 208 for an informal discussion.

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