Casualty EL / PL Personal Injury File Handler

Casualty EL / PL Personal Injury File Handler

Job Purpose:

The File Handler will manage a caseload of varied EL/PL cases on behalf of a number of insurance clients. The role requires a forensic and analytical approach to employment and public liability issues together with experience and/or appreciation of the documents and evidence required in these types of cases. The majority of the cases will be Fast Track with the potential to handle cases up to £100K.

This is a full time role, working 35 hours per week. You will work from our Horwich office and hybrid working of 1 day per week in the office applies.

Compensation package:

Salary discussed & disclosed on application, hybrid working 1 day per week in office remainder remote working, Health Care Cash Plan, Holidays 25 days plus 8 bank holidays (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days) increasing to 26 after 5 years’ service and to 27 after 10 years’ service, Death In Service - after 1 year, Employer Pension Contribution, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme, Season Ticket Loan*, Gym Flex

Key Accountabilities:

Day to day handling of a litigated caseload of EL and PL cases, subject to supervision according to Keoghs competency framework, to include:

• Initial report/review and setting strategy for the management of the claim. Considering concepts and merits of primary and secondary liability in employment liability and public liability claims.
• Building relationships with Keoghs clients (if in a non-delegated authority team).
• Handling matters in accordance with client SLA’s.
• Dealing with Disclosure.
• Instructing Counsel/investigators/medical and other experts.
• Reviewing evidence (eg. Witness statements, GP records, Occupational Health/ Personnel records, properly inspection reports etc.
• Drafting questions to medical experts, preparing costs schedules, research, preparing/checking trial bundles, attending conferences and Trial with Counsel, negotiations / Drafting Payments into Court, conducting investigations, conducting CMC’s and applications, review and/or report re exchange of evidence, receipt of medical evidence, joints statements or at any other stage, counter schedule, Pre-Trial reports, CRU appeal.

Essential Skills and Attributes:

• Experience of handling a caseload of EL/PL files
• Previous litigation experience.
• Good client care skills and evidence of working to client guidelines on a delegated basis and / or experience of working with / obtaining instruction from clients on a non-delegated authority basis

Keoghs values

ü We are connected

ü We are dynamic

ü We are innovative

ü We succeed together

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for interest in this position and in our organisation and look forward to receiving your application.