A prestigious Insurance company are looking for a Litigation Assistant to work within their in-house legal team. The role will be a maternity cover contract, beginning in January 2012. Duties will include competently handling all cases whether, as Claimant or as Defendant, in a pro-active and cost effective manner, for the division whilst achieving personal fee earning target. You will also assist in the divisional business plan objectives of customer service, brand identity and profitability.


You will be responsible for your own caseload and dealing with County Court matters from inception to judgement or negotiated settlement, whether as claimant or defendant, whilst achieving set personal fee earning targets.


Other duties will include:
(1) To manage each case in a cost effective, efficient manner and in accordance with set procedures and authority levels, ensuring case reserves are promptly set on a realistic case scenario, accurately recorded on internal systems and regularly reviewed.
(2) To professionally deal with witnesses, investigations of fact and preparing for issue or the defence of the claim in a timely manner, attending court when agreed and instructing counsel and agents wherever necessary.
(3) To possess and maintain a competent level of knowledge to advise Claims department on liability and quantum issues and the way forward at the commencement of any action.


The job holder provides a technical role within the Legal team and is therefore required to posses a sound technical knowledge within their field. A challenging role with the emphasis being on providing a high level of technical expertise on RTA and/or smaller EL/PL cases handled for the Division and settling in a cost efficient and timely manner. The job holder will be required to competently handle cases to an authority level of £15,000 whilst maintaining first class levels of customer service and will seek advice and guidance if necessary from the Senior Litigation Assistants, tapping into their expertise and knowledge to enhance the job holders own skill set.