Job Description

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Solicitor

Date posted

13/06/2025

Job reference

HJ0368

Background

Our team of expert military solicitors
ensure service men and women have access to the specialist advice
they need.



The department help military service
personnel who need to bring a claim against the Ministry of
Defence due to their failure to adequately protect from illness
or avoidable injury.



The team advise on a full range of areas,
including military deafness and cold and heat injuries.

The role

We are currently looking for Solicitor (0-3
year PQE) to join the military department, particularly focusing
on military deafness cases.



An estimated 300,000 ex-armed forces
personnel in the UK suffer from noise-induced hearing loss and
tinnitus. These injuries are not inevitable consequences of
military life and the MoD has a duty of care to safeguard
employees from the risk of hearing damage.



Duties will include:
taking initial enquiries from clients and drafting witness evidence considering and managing a high volume of disclosure of documents updating clients on their claim dealing with telephone enquiries from clients assisting in instructing counsel preparation of court documents preparation of detailed schedules of loss assessing complex medical conditions and consideration of medical issues/ reports review of reports from acoustic engineering experts review and advice on offers in respect of breach of duty and quantum

The successful candidate will be able to
proactively manage their own case load with minimal supervision.
The role also involves assisting with the supervision on the
Paralegal team.

Skills & Qualifications

Exposure to the claimant litigation process is essential Experience of independently managing a case load Previous experience of dealing with noise-induced hearing loss claims would be a distinct advantage, though not essential Organisation skills Accuracy and attention to detail Excellent client care

Life at Hugh James

We never shy
away from a challenge

We are a leading, full-service UK law firm.
Since our beginning, we have been led by the things that matter.
We care about fighting for the right outcomes. Solving the
seemingly unsolvable. Protecting businesses, individuals and
livelihoods. Supporting our people, our communities. Safeguarding
our planet. Looking for a way forward? At Hugh James, challenges
- of all sizes - are readily accepted.


The Hugh James
difference

Our law firm has always been guided by the
idea that self-belief is just as important as skillset. Our
pursuit of righting wrongs and protecting what important keeps us
driving forwards. It in our roots! We won stop until we find the
answers; the outcomes that are needed.



We are focused on the work we do, the
business we run, and our culture. Our entrepreneurial spirit has
taken us from humble beginnings to a strong presence across the
UK with offices in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and
Plymouth - servicing clients from businesses, individuals and
banks to public sector organisations, property companies,
education establishments and utilities providers. Our collegiate
culture, our forward-looking ethos, our values serve to make us
bigger, better, bolder than ever before.


A positive force
in the community

Our work with charities on a local and
national level plays a huge part in our day-to-day lives. We work
with a large range of charities, some of which we support through
fundraising, donations, volunteering and others we partner with
where our areas of work cross paths. Staff, clients everyone
comes together through a shared passion to do good in the
community and support those in need.


Some of our
benefits on offer include:

Minimum of 25 days holiday plus bank
holidays

Two Corporate Social Responsibility
days

Birthday day off

Death in service equivalent to twice annual
salary

Auto enrolment pension scheme

Hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts for local businesses

Professional fees paid (subject to
requirement for your role)

Employee recruitment incentive scheme



Hugh James is an equal opportunities and
disability confident committed employer.



Thank you for taking the time to consider
this opportunity. If you have questions, please contact Jack
Osborne.


This vacancy is
open to direct applications only, no approaches via recruitment
agencies will be accepted at this time.


We reserve the
right to close our vacancies earlier than the given deadline if
we receive sufficient applications for the role.