Job Title: Housing Disrepair Fee Earner
Location: Northenden, Manchester
Salary: Dependent on experience + commission
Job type: Full time, Permanent
The Firm is a top 200 Law firm that specialises in all areas of personal injury including public liability, occupier’s liability, road traffic accidents, employer’s liability, industrial disease, serious injuries, clinical negligence and financial mis-selling. They pride themselves in the work they do helping injured people.
Their employees are their most important asset and have been instrumental in helping them recover millions of pounds each year for injured people. There’s no doubt they rate skill and ability above all else and their recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
Job Purpose:
They’ve recently acquired a housing disrepair practice and are looking to significantly expand in this area. They’re currently looking for a fee earner that specialises in litigated housing disrepair claims to join the existing team.
The caseload will be from cradle to grave and you will deal with all stages from letter of claim to trial. Therefore, you must be a housing disrepair litigator who really knows the entire process. You will be expected to manage your own caseload in the role and previous experience of developing a housing disrepair team would be beneficial.
For candidates they offer strong supervision channels, excellent training including away days, chance to join a highly ambitious and growing firm. They’ve an in-house advocacy team who will be available to assist the housing disrepair team. They also have a roof garden with table tennis, as an addition to our strong range of employee benefits, more details below.
The Candidate:
- Proven billing track record
- Experience of running a litigated housing disrepair caseload
- Knowledge of Proclaim case management system
- Knowledge of the Pre-Action Protocol for Housing Conditions Claims
- Experience of drafting court papers in housing disrepair claims
- Ability to provide confident advocacy
- The ability to manage experts both in written correspondence and in conference
- Some experience in developing a new housing disrepair department would be beneficial
What’s on offer?
- A competitive starting salary with a generous commission structure paid monthly in arrears
- Excellent regular training including away days
- Strong development opportunities and regular supervision
- Standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday
- 20 days holiday, rising 1 day per year to a max of 23 days, plus bank/public hols. In addition, the office is closed between Christmas and New Year and you are not required to use your holiday entitlement for this period
- 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
- Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service
- Death in Service – 2 x salary based on annual salary only – eligibility commences when you join the company
- Active social committee, firm pays for trips to e.g. Bowling, Chester Races, Christmas party, Summer Barbecue
- Employee Assistance Programme which offers 24-hour helpline, Legal info and CBT – available immediately
- Free fruit delivered twice a week
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Fee Earner, Legal Caseworker, Newly Qualified Solicitor, Law Graduate, Junior Solicitor, Lawyer, Solicitor, Housing Disrepair Lawyer, Chartered Legal Executive, Housing Disrepair Caseworker, Experienced Fee Earner will also be considered for this role.
