Paralegal, Clinical Negligence

We are seeking a paralegal to join our Chambers band 1 ranked Manchester Clinical Negligence team. This role offers the opportunity to support partners across a broad range of clinical negligence matters while working alongside experienced practitioners in a highly regarded claimant practice.

As a paralegal in the team, you will work closely with your supervisor, gaining hands-on experience across a diverse and complex caseload. The team handles a wide range of clinical negligence matters, including birth injuries, brain and spinal injuries, orthopedic claims, fatal cases, and claims arising from delayed cancer diagnoses and other serious physical and psychiatric conditions. Additionally, the team represents families at inquests where close relatives have died as a result of poor medical care and patient safety concerns. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to meaningful work that directly impacts clients and their families' lives while developing your expertise in a highly specialised area of law.

What you'll bring

Essential

• Excellent academic background with relevant legal qualifications (e.g. degree in law or conversion course).
• Genuine interest to work with a leading claimant clinical negligence department and passionate about providing access to justice to all.
• Demonstrable experience in using a variety of IT packages (MS Word, Excel, Case Management Systems, Outlook).
• Proven ability to communicate accurately, clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing with a wide range of clients and various stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work in an organised and methodical manner and ability to manage own workload.
• Proven ability to work and contribute in a team environment.

Desirable

• Relevant experience as a paralegal.
• Relevant experience in clinical negligence.
• Relevant experience in drafting clear and concise legal notes and correspondence.
• Experience in sorting and reviewing medical and financial records.

Please note the full job description can be downloaded from our website listing.

About Leigh Day

We are a top 100 law firm committed to claimant-only cases, ensuring that individuals have the same access to justice as the UK Government and large corporations. We're not afraid to take on difficult and challenging cases involving medical negligence, serious personal injuries, discrimination in the workplace, defective products and human rights abuses in this country and overseas.

Benefits 

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Hybrid working (typically 3 days from home for a full time worker)
• 29 days annual leave (excluding public holidays)
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Life assurance 4 x salary
• Healthcare cash plan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
• Electric car scheme

Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion

Leigh Day is committed to the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion.  We value the diversity of our colleagues, our clients and the third parties with whom we work.  We seek to create an environment where everyone feels included and valued for their unique characteristics, skills and abilities and supported in their needs and responsibilities.

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or recruitment process. There is an option to detail this on your application form, however, please just get in touch should you wish to discuss this prior to formally submitting an application. Please note all conversations or disclosures are treated in the strictest confidence.