Job description
Kennedys is looking for a Litigation Assistant to work on catastrophic injury matters. The candidate will contribute to the effectiveness of the team by providing a comprehensive and efficient support to the existing team when acting for a range of external clients so that the business objectives of the firm and team are achieved.

The candidates shall maintain the high standard of service offered to the firm's existing clients and to assist in furthering the professional reputation of the team. The candidate will be assisting on a variety of interesting motor, public sector and EL and PL claims resulting in serious and catastrophic injury.

Team

Kennedys' Serious and Catastrophic Injury team is a Legal 500 Tier 1 ranked team handling large loss and catastrophic injury claims for a range of clients arising out of motor, EL and PL accidents. The team handles cases of the utmost severity including brain injury, spinal injury, amputations, polytrauma, brachial plexus injury, severe psychiatric injury, chronic pain and loss of senses across insurers, self-insureds organisations and third party administrators.

Clients
• Large composite insurers
• EL/PL and insurers Corporates
• Local authorities
• London market insurers

Cases
• All aspects of personal injury claims up to and assisting on Complex, high-value personal injury and coverage claims.

Required experience
• 1-2+ years' with the relevant experience*
• Litigation experience of personal injury defence work
• Experience of assisting on large cases in a team environment
• Previous client contact
• Experience of arbitration and negotiation.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.
• where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.