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We are recruiting for a Litigation Manager to join our client, a dedicated law firm with offices in Liverpool and Wirral with a fantastic work ethic and culture, renowned for rewarding our employees with an excellent bonus scheme, benefits, support and career progression and value each
and every individual who works with us.
They have an outstanding team of highly skilled Solicitors who are renowned for their
expertise in Personal Injury, Data Breach, Medical Negligence and catastrophic
events.
As a result of our success, we are now looking for a Litigation Manager with
experience of working in a fast paced, cost driven environment to join the senior
management team.
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 work load in a high paced environment