Commercial Lawyer - #2193877

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the clients Contract Resolution Group, which forms part of our Civil Litigation Division within our Bristol, Leeds or Cardiff office.

We are looking for an experienced, Solicitor/FCILEx or equivalent who has experience of managing their own caseload along with experience of advising individual and commercial clients in contract-based disputes within Fast, Intermediate and Multi-Track claims.

You will run a caseload of a wide variety of Civil Litigation cases (no personal injury) mainly but not exclusively arising from contractual disputes. Your caseload would be made up of Claimant and Defendant claims, including but not limited to: Commercial Contracts, Consumer Contracts, Misrepresentation, Professional Negligence, and Construction.

The work sources include LEI and private instruction. Most of the work involves acting for Claimants referred by Legal Expense Insurers, but the Group also deals with a significant number of commercial and private instructions where we act for Claimants and Defendants and where the work is often complex and high value.

Home working:

We will consider full and part time working hours. Monday – Friday.

We operate an agile working model, and the successful candidate will work from our office 2 days per week and will work from home the other 3 days of the week.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Managing a caseload of mainly fast, intermediate and multi-track cases dealing with contract disputes arising from the sale of goods and services, building contracts, professional negligence, misrepresentation and
• Dealing with clients on the phone and face to face
• Using our case management system to progress the files
• Billing and invoicing

Essential skills:

• Experience of advising individual and commercial clients in contract-based disputes, in both Fast and Multi-Track claims;
• Strong organisational skills;
• Pragmatic approach to solving problems;
• Client focused approach;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Ability and knowledge of working with a case management system;
• IT literate (working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel).

Experience required:

Successful candidates will have a good legal knowledge and be able to demonstrate proactive problem-solving skills and client care. It is essential the successful candidate will have experience of handling their own caseload. Working to tight deadlines is also essential. Experience of dealing with insurance funded clients is desirable.

Education:

Qualified Solicitor (LLB/CILEX Route)

CILEx (Qualified to FCILEx level); OR

Equivalent experience