Job Description

• Manage a diverse personal injury caseload including: Road Traffic Accidents (RTA), both portal and non-portal cases, Employer's Liability (EL) claims, including workplace accidents and health and safety breaches, Public Liability (PL) and Occupiers' Liability (OL) claims, such as slips, trips, and falls, Occasional Clinical Negligence matters, including misdiagnosis and surgical errors
• Initial client intake, risk assessment, and establishing liability
• Gathering and reviewing medical evidence, witness statements, and expert reports
• Regular client communication to provide updates and manage expectations
• Liaising with third parties including insurers, defendants, counsel, and medical experts
• Assessing the strength of a claim and advising clients accordingly
• Handling claims through the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Portal (Stages 1-3) and transitioning claims out of the portal where necessary
• Drafting and issuing formal court proceedings when required
• Prepare and draft a range of legal documentation, including: Claim Forms and Particulars of Claim, Defences and Replies to Defence, Part 8 claims for infant approvals or interim payments, Application notices, witness statements, directions questionnaires, and disclosure lists
• Drafting settlement offers and Part 36 offers
• Representing clients in telephone hearings, case management conferences, and settlement discussions
• Working with counsel and senior solicitors to prepare for trial where necessary
• Using case management systems to track case progress and document all actions
• Time recording and billing in line with firm policies and funding arrangements (CFA/LEI etc.)
• Ensuring adherence to relevant pre-action protocols, court rules (CPR), and firm procedures
• Staying up-to-date with legal developments in personal injury law and contributing to team knowledge-sharing
• Assisting team members with complex claims or overflow work
• Supporting supervision or mentoring of junior staff where appropriate

Employee Benefits Package:

• 22 days holiday + bank holidays
• Additional annual leave during XMAS office closure
• Additional leave following the bank holidays over Easter, May and August bank holidays
• Flexible working upon request
• Hybrid working upon request
• Limited free parking available
• Pension scheme
• Westfield health scheme

About the Business:

• CRA Legal are recruiting for a well-known local law firm with offices across South Yorkshire. The firm are a friendly, respected organisation who have seen a period of growth across their business. Our client is looking to hire an additional team member into their civil litigation department, operating within personal injury claims.
• This role is ideal for a candidate who is looking to continue their career, handling and supporting with good quality personal injury & medical negligence work.

About CRA Consulting:

• CRA Consulting are a specialist legal recruiter, operating across the UK. CRA works in partnership with reputable law firms with either local, regional, national or international presence. We recruit at all levels from board, director and partnership level through to support staff.
• For additional information on how we can assist you with your next career move, visit the CRA Consulting Website at

How to Apply:

• If this Personal Injury Solicitor vacancy is of interest, please click the apply button. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss with Rhys Spencer who is managing this vacancy, call 0114 241 8030 for a confidential discussion.
• Are you wanting to review additional career opportunities? Visit our jobs page at

Additional Information:

• CRA Legal follow strict best practice recruitment guidelines monitored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Please note our advertisements use salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
• This Personal Injury Solicitor vacancy is very popular with the local legal community, so please apply quickly to ensure your application is considered. As part of our candidate registration and care process we at CRA Legal aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 working days.

Company
We are at the forefront of legal recruitment and our team of expert legal recruiters understand the needs of our candidates and clients.
Progression, Case Loads, Expertise
We know that our candidates want progression, manageable case loads, and salaries and benefits which reflect their expertise. We know that their purpose is to help people, work with them to have fair representation, and have ambitious career goals in legal. They want us to work with them to find the best legal jobs.
Integrity, Growth, Brand
Our clients want to run their business within integrity - and that's one of our core values. We work with legal firms to attract and retain the best candidates to help them grow. Brand is something at the heart of the legal sector, so we are focused on advising on employee brand to help with attraction and retention.
All Levels of Legal Recruitment
Whether legal, compliance, company secretarial, policy, qualified or non-qualified, temporary or permanent, our expert legal recruitment consultants have a single market focus. Our clients and candidates testify to how we've helped them find the best legal jobs, and help them grow their legal businesses.
Legal jobs we recruit for

• Solicitors
• Legal Executives
• Paralegals
• Law Graduates
• Legal Secretaries
• Legal Office support
• Locum Lawyers
• Legal Cashiers

For more information and to register with us please click on the link below:
https://www.craconsultants.com/users/register/new/registration
CALL: 0114 2418030
Company info Website Telephone 0114 2418030 Location 51 Clarkegorve Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S10 2NH
United Kingdom
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