Senior Clinical Negligence Lawyer

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Negligence Lawyer to join our established and growing London team. This is a fantastic chance to develop your career within one of the UK’s leading claimant firms, working in a team that is committed to securing justice for our clients and supporting each other to deliver exceptional results. A flexible hybrid working model is available.

What the role involves...

Our Clinical Negligence team is known for its client‑centred approach and its expertise across a broad spectrum of multi‑track cases. You will manage your own caseload from initial instruction through to resolution, supported by experienced colleagues including specialist paralegals.

The work includes a wide variety of clinical negligence matters, from misdiagnosis and delayed treatment to complex, high‑value cases involving brain, spinal and birth injuries requiring extensive rehabilitation packages.

Key responsibilities include:

• Running a complex case holding, including catastrophic injuries, independently (but with supervision appropriate to the seniority of the role)
• Evidence gathering, instructing experts, and litigating to conclusion
• Representing both private clients and trade union members
• Risk assessment of cases, supervision of others and strategic litigation case planning
• Leading in conferences, JSM's and Mediations with counsel and medical experts
• Litigating to Trial
• Securing interim payments voluntarily or by application, and working collaboratively with MDT's to maximise rehabilitation outcomes
• Supervising and mentoring others
• Managing profit costs forecasting and working closely with our in‑house costs team on costs recovery

Who we are looking for...

We welcome applications from experienced clinical negligence solicitors or legal executives with litigation authority who can demonstrate in depth technical knowledge of clinical negligence law and the civil litigation process.

Essential attributes include:

• Excellent communication and client care skills
• The ability to empathise with vulnerable clients and ability to evidence supporting them through challenging circumstances
• Proven track record of successfully litigating claims to conclusion
• A pragmatic understanding of case management systems
• Experience of interacting with trade union clients, empathy groups and referrers of high quality work
• Knowledge and experience of a wide range of clinical negligence matters
• Confidence in constructing and articulating clear, persuasive legal arguments
• A commercial understanding and focus
• A collaborative approach and willingness to contribute to marketing and business development activity

What we offer you...

We offer more than just a job; we offer growth. Lawyers with less experience will be offered an opportunity to co-work complex cases with senior lawyers. All our lawyers have access to exceptional training opportunities and progression pathways, this role provides the perfect environment for you to thrive and have your expertise and dedication recognised.

• Contributory pension scheme
• £4,500 Car allowance
• Permanent health insurance
• Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash)
• Life assurance
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 5 days additional leave over Christmas
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised sports and social club
• Annual travel and parking loans
• Financial assistance for professional development

For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.

Thompsons ran:
• the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937
• the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972
• the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK (1988) and later in Europe (1993)
• the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016
• hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson (2017) and behalf of those injured by mesh (2019).

Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 18 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.

Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change.

We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won’t let up in its quest for fairness.

Visit www.thompsons.law or call 0800 0 224 224

Thompsons Solicitors is a trading name of Thompsons Solicitors LLP.