Litigation Assistant, EL/PL

Kennedys is looking for a Litigation Assistant to work on complex liability and injury matters, primarily within employers' and public liability. The successful candidate will handle a diverse range of claims, demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on challenging cases and collaborate with a team of experienced professionals. The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple tasks efficiently. Strong communication skills and the ability to build and maintain client relationships are essential.

Team

Our international legal team provides comprehensive advice to insurers, national and local government bodies, and large self-insured clients on all aspects of employers' liability issues.

From health and safety regulations to matters involving independent contractors, our dedicated expertise ensures that claims are resolved efficiently and fairly.

Our extensive experience allows us to handle all types of claims cost-effectively, from smaller fast-track cases to those involving severe injuries. Our team is proficient in dealing with issues related to contribution, professional indemnity, and multiple defendants. We prioritise practical solutions over unnecessary lawyering, working in partnership with our clients to deliver modern, innovative solutions. Our in-house R&D capability and award-winning product suite exemplify our commitment to technological and process advancements.

Clients

• London Market Insurers
• Public Sector and Local authorities
• Bus company
• High profile chains of restaurants/hospitality providers

Cases

• Mixed value, non-volume, up to high multi-track
• EL/PL
• SME insureds
• Food, Leisure and Retail industries
• Defective premises/Property
• Motor
• Casualty
• Catastrophic Injury
• Product liability
• Housing
• Discrimination

Required experience 

• 2 + personal injury experience within a Paralegal role*
• Defendant personal injury experience (Preferable)
• Litigation experience of assisting up to high multi-track defence work
• Experience of client contact
• Track record of handling a varied caseload, demonstrating time management skills

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys. 

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 47 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles.  A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.  We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority.  We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work.  Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.