Civil Litigation Fee Earner
- Employer
- Hays Legal
- Location
- England, Somerset, Bath
- Salary
- £Dependent on experience
- Closing date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Reference
- 4648857
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- Vacancy Type
- Legal Support, Legal Executive
- Experience Level
- Junior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Professional Indemnity/Negligence
- PQE
- Trainee, Newly Qualified, 1-3 Years, 4-6 Years
Job Details

Your new firm
Our client is looking for a Civil Litigation Fee Earner to join their experienced team in Bath. As well as providing assistance within the Civil Litigation department, you will also undertake your own fee-earning work and provide a profitable contribution to the work of the department.
Your new role
You'll provide essential legal assistance, manage your own fee-earning work, and contribute to the team's success and profitability. You will:
- Manage a diverse caseload of civil litigation matters, including professional negligence, building disputes, group action
- Provide regular updates to management on caseloads and keep abreast of legal changes to inform the team and clients.
- Draft new documents for our Case Management system.
- Take and make client phone calls; respond to and action client queries.
- Arrange client interviews to take instructions.
- Analyse client feedback, implement changes, and communicate improvements to the team.
- Conduct matters on behalf of clients in line with their instructions.
What you'll need to succeed
- You will have experience either as a paralegal handling your own caseload of matters, or you might be studying for your CILEx Level 6 or have recently qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive
- Proven experience of managing a caseload of civil litigation matters, ideally with previous experience of professional negligence
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Strong prioritisation and deadline-meeting skills.
- Client-focused with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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Company
Hays Legal provides an integrated recruitment solution to the UK's Legal and Company Secretarial sectors. Working across a nationwide network of offices, we offer employers and jobseekers a highly specialised recruitment service for permanent and interim positions across all business sectors, skill sets and levels of seniority.
We have a proven track record spanning almost 20 years in all areas of Legal and Company Secretarial recruitment, from one-off contingency requirements through to large-scale recruitment campaigns and wider employee management solutions.
We offer confidential, expert advice on job opportunities, compensation, business plans and exit strategies pertinent to professionals considering a move. We have the ear of key decision makers across all our clients and we have been instrumental in introducing and placing hundreds of fee earners and company secretaries into a vast array of organisations. From blue chip corporates, national and international firms through to niche practices, we have deep knowledge of the legal company secretary market.
If an organisation has strategic growth plans or needs incisive market analysis, we are often consulted as a first point of contact.
- Website
- https://www.hays.co.uk/job-search
- Telephone
- 020 3465 0139
- Location
-
107 Cheapside
London
EC2V 6DN
United Kingdom
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