You must have empathy, enthusiasm, and share our values to excel as a Paralegal at this renowned firm. Your tenacity, compassion, and integrity are key.

You will assist clients with legal advice, obtain evidence, support litigation, meet time recording targets, attend meetings, stay updated on legal changes.

Legal

United Kingdom

London

Critical Illness Cover

Health Cash Plan

Income Protection

Life Insurance

Health Insurance

Death in Service

Pension Plan

Performance Bonus

Work From Home

Large

Irwin Mitchell is a company that operates in the legal and professional services sector, offering a wide range of legal solutions to individuals, businesses, and organisations. Their ultimate goal is to provide expert legal advice and support, helping clients navigate legal challenges, protect their rights, and achieve favourable outcomes. Irwin Mitchell's purpose revolves around delivering accessible and tailored legal services, advocating for justice and fairness, and empowering clients with the legal tools and resources needed to address their legal needs effectively. Through their expertise, they aim to make the legal system more understandable and accessible, ensuring that individuals and businesses can effectively protect their interests and rights.

Irwin Mitchell

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<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">This is an exciting opportunity to join our medical negligence team who handle medical negligence claims for people who have suffered illness or injury as a result of substandard care in any medical setting. This&nbsp;includes treatment from a GP, hospital, or clinic. The work is very varied and includes all types of medical negligence casework, including birth injury claims (including injury to both mother and baby), spinal injury claims. surgical claims, orthopaedic claims, fatal accident claims, delay in diagnosis or delay in treatment and incorrect or inappropriate treatment.</li></ul>Your role will involve but is not limited to:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Taking instructions from clients and assist with the giving of legal advice, including obtaining evidence and, where appropriate, assist with litigation, to achieve appropriate resolutions for the clients.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Achieve time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Support more senior case handlers generally in the running of the cases.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Attend and contribute to team/practice area meetings and comply with directions/decisions made to ensure team objectives achieved.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attend appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice.</li></ul>About YouWhat we’ll need from you:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances</li><li class="ql-align-justify">A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Enthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal</li></ul>We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook</li><li class="ql-align-justify">To be approachable and caring</li><li class="ql-align-justify">To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives</li><li class="ql-align-justify">To be efficient in the provision of our services</li><li class="ql-align-justify">To work with a foundation of integrity.</li></ul>If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application.Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Generous and flexible pension schemes.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.</li></ul>

This is an exciting opportunity to join our medical negligence team who handle medical negligence claims for people who have suffered illness or injury as a result of substandard care in any medical setting. This includes treatment from a GP, hospital, or clinic. The work is very varied and includes all types of medical negligence casework, including birth injury claims (including injury to both mother and baby), spinal injury claims. surgical claims, orthopaedic claims, fatal accident claims, delay in diagnosis or delay in treatment and incorrect or inappropriate treatment.Your role will involve but is not limited to:Taking instructions from clients and assist with the giving of legal advice, including obtaining evidence and, where appropriate, assist with litigation, to achieve appropriate resolutions for the clients.Achieve time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.Support more senior case handlers generally in the running of the cases.Attend and contribute to team/practice area meetings and comply with directions/decisions made to ensure team objectives achieved.Keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attend appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice.About YouWhat we’ll need from you:Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstancesA friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approachEnthusiasm in building a career as a ParalegalWe’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:To be pioneering with an imaginative outlookTo be approachable and caringTo be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectivesTo be efficient in the provision of our servicesTo work with a foundation of integrity.If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application.Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.Generous and flexible pension schemes.Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

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