Newly Qualified Personal Injury Solicitor - NQ - 1yr

Description

Newly Qualified Solicitor – Complex & Catastrophic Injury

Location : Newcastle, United Kingdom

Job Type : Full-Time, Permanent

Experience : NQ Solicitor (up to 1 year PQE)

About Keoghs

Keoghs is a market leader in insurance legal services, delivering innovative, client-focused solutions for over 50 years. Our Complex and Catastrophic Injury team handles some of the most challenging and high-profile claims in the defendant personal injury sector, acting on behalf of major insurers, corporates, and public sector bodies.

As part of our continued expansion in the North-East, we are looking to recruit a talented and ambitious Newly Qualified Solicitor with a keen interest in serious injury litigation to join our expert legal team in Newcastle.

The Role :

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Newly Qualified Solicitor to gain invaluable experience in complex and high-value personal injury work, including brain, spinal, amputation, and fatal injury claims. You will work closely with experienced partners and senior fee earners on multimillion-pound cases, supporting the delivery of outstanding client service and effective litigation strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting in the defence of large loss personal injury claims, including catastrophic injury cases arising from motor, EL / PL, and employer incidents
• Drafting court documents, instructions to counsel, and detailed reports for insurer clients
• Conducting legal research and contributing to case strategy
• Attending conferences with counsel, client meetings, and court hearings
• Supporting business development and maintaining excellent client relationships

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

What We Offer

Apply Now :

If you’re looking to launch your legal career in a high-performing, specialist environment with exposure to some of the most challenging and rewarding work in the field of personal injury, Keoghs would love to hear from you.

Benefits

We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.

Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.