Working closely with a Lead Lawyer and wider Complex Injury Team, you’ll support the progression of high-value personal injury matters from instruction through to resolution.
Duties will include:
Preparing, filing, serving, and diarising basic court documents and hearing dates
Liaising with experts, counsel, insureds, and witnesses
Coordinating conferences, hearings, joint settlement meetings, and expert appointments
Managing CRU registrations, updates, and settlement notifications
Reviewing medical records, photographic evidence, and surveillance footage
Drafting summaries, mandates, and applications for records and police reports
Redacting documents to maintain privilege and GDPR compliance
Taking and fielding calls from all parties involved in the claims
As Your Skills Develop With experience and supervision, you’ll progress to tasks including:
Preparing instructions to counsel
Drafting witness statements and liaising with witnesses
Preparing and reviewing disclosure
Attending client meetings and preparing notes
Drafting updates to clients and more complex court documentation
Requirements
Prior experience in a litigated role
assistant or file handler (6 months min)
Prior experience in personal injury
assistant or file handler (6 months min)
Minimum of 5 GCSEs (grade 5/C or above)
Demonstrable interest in law (e.g. LPC, CILEX, or experience in a legal environment)
Strong communication and telephone skills
Confident, organised, and able to manage competing priorities
High attention to detail—especially when tasks are repetitive
Good IT, literacy, and administrative skills
A proactive team player with the flexibility to support the needs of the team
Ability to work in line with the SRA Code of Conduct
Team Commitment – Values collaboration and others’ perspectives
Resilience – Calm under pressure
Growth Mindset – Keen to develop and improve
Adaptability – Embraces change positively
Client-Focused Thinking – Adds value through service quality
Commercial Awareness – Understands broader business implications
Benefits
Davies Incentive Plan
25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
Simply Health Care Cash Plan
WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
Cycle to Work Scheme*
Tech Scheme*
Season Ticket Loan*
Gym Flex*
Access to Online Discount Sites
Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
Discounts at local retail outlets
after successfully completing probation*