Your Role
and What You'll Be Doing
We have an exciting opportunity for a Solicitor with a genuine interest in acting for those who have sustained a serious injury to join our partner-led Serious Injury team in Newcastle. You will work as part of a highly experienced team of lawyers and specialists, supporting clients who have sustained life-changing injuries and benefiting from close collaboration with senior lawyers, medical experts, rehabilitation professionals, case managers and counsel.
The team represents clients with severe brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and polytrauma as well as supporting bereaved families in fatal collision cases. The team regularly achieves multi-million pound settlements and has been top-ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK for many years.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage your own caseload of serious injury matters
- Assist senior lawyers on complex, high-value claims (including for clients who have sustained brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and polytrauma)
- Deliver clear, practical, and compassionate legal advice to clients
- Work collaboratively within a market-leading team
- Contribute to business development and team growth initiatives
- Take a proactive, organised approach to case management
About You
- Strong commercial awareness and a proactive mindset
- Excellent communication skills with empathy and compassion
- A genuine passion for working with those who have sustained serious injuries
- The drive to develop professionally and contribute to team success
- A proactive, enthusiastic, and team-oriented mindset
- Strong appetite for business development activity / existing business development contacts.
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
- 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
- Generous and flexible pension schemes.
- Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
- Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2026!
Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
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