Legal Assistant - Clinical Negligence
Job title
Legal Assistant
Department
Clinical Negligence
Our Purpose
To forge long-term relationships that have a positive impact on our people, our clients, our business partners, and our community.
Our Commitment to Our People
We do not think there is a magic formula to the Higgs culture. The key is to listen to and respect our people. If we take care of our people and our people take care of our clients, then everything we want as a firm will take care of itself. We are friendly and open to new ideas.
Our Core Values
Higgs core values are “CLEAR” – Care, Legacy, Excellence, Authenticity, Relationships
Role Purpose
As a Legal Assistant you will be working in a demanding environment where your quick thinking, strong work ethic, attention to detail and accuracy are vital attributes.
The Clinical Negligence team is growing and is looking for a Legal Assistant to provide support. You will need to develop a broad understanding of legal matters, client requests and the demands of your team often connected to sensitive or complex issues. You will be expected to record your time and accordingly will have a target.
Key Responsibilities
In line with policies and procedures key responsibilities include:
Legal skills
- Assisting in the collation of bundles
- Assisting with finance process and closure of files
- Organising radiology
- Collation and sorting documents
- Calculating expenses
- Typing up notes from conference meetings
- Researching experts
- Chasing medical records
- Organising conferences with Counsel
- General file administration, including inputting new cases, setting up files and Welcome pack production
Person Specification
- Personal effectiveness and self-management
- Good communication, organisational and team skills
- Good attention to detail
- Flexible and dependable, able to take the initiative
- Able to remain calm under pressure and work to tight deadlines
- Conscientious, approachable and enthusiastic
- Able to quickly build confidence, respect and trust with others
Technical Knowledge
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365.
What You Need to Know
Higgs offers hybrid working wherever possible. Our Higgs’ Best FIT (flexible, inclusive, together) principles are designed to ensure that people can complete their best work from the most appropriate location. If you are looking to work flexibly then let us know and we will do what we can to accommodate your request.
We encourage a ‘dress for your diary’ approach which means dressing in a manner appropriate for your schedule or the specific appointments you have on any given day.
Equal Opportunities
As charter signatories to The Law Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Charter, Higgs are committed to developing a diverse business by engaging with the widest pool of talent. We recognise this is an ongoing journey and regularly monitor our figures which can be viewed here.
People Driven. Legal Excellence.
