Paralegal

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee civil litigation caseloads involving claimant personal injury, credit hire, and recoveries.

• Manage civil claims from the initial instruction stage through to settlement or final hearing.

• Offer clear, timely, and supportive legal counsel to claimants.

• Draft pleadings, court documents, letters of claim, witness statements, and settlement agreements.

• Negotiate settlement amounts under supervision.

• Compile trial bundles and provide instructions to counsel.

• Maintain organized case files in Proclaim.

• Monitor limitation dates, deadlines, and procedural steps in accordance with SRA standards.

• Participate in team discussions and commit to ongoing professional development.

• Report to the Practice Manager as part of a six-member team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience as a Paralegal.

• Significant experience in handling claimant personal injury, credit hire, and/or recoveries.

• Knowledge of CPR, pre-action protocols, and OIC/MOJ portals.

• Practical experience in managing small claims and fast-track cases.

• Capability to communicate complex legal positions clearly and sensitively in written advice, court correspondence, and claimant discussions.

• Commercial insight and the ability to recognize emerging risks.

• Strong time and priority management skills across a varied caseload.

• Intermediate track exposure is preferred.

• Proficiency in Proclaim CMS is preferred.

• Awareness of ABS regulatory matters is preferred.

• Right to work in the UK; the employer is unable to provide visas.

🏝️ Benefits

• 30 days of annual leave, in addition to bank holidays.

• Private healthcare coverage for you and your family, including for pre-existing conditions.

• Life insurance valued at three times your salary.

• 13 weeks of parental leave at full pay for new parents.

• Access to a workplace nursery scheme with Gogeta, enabling pre-tax payment of fees.

• Ride to work initiative.

• Workplace pension plan.

• Flexible working hours.

• £500 annual personal training budget along with regular learning opportunities.

• £40 monthly wellbeing allowance.

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program available for you and your immediate family, offering crisis support, counselling, legal advice, menopause CBT, and more.

• Unlimited access to AI tools.