Kennedys is seeking a motivated and detail‑driven Litigation Assistant to join our highly respected Catastrophic Injury team in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity to build your career within a top‑tier practice, supporting the investigation and management of complex, high‑value cases for a diverse portfolio of clients.
In this role, you will play a key part in assisting with serious motor claims, including sensitive matters that may attract national media attention. You'll work closely with experienced fee‑earners, gaining exposure to some of the most challenging and rewarding work in the sector.
About the Team
Kennedys' Serious & Catastrophic Injury team, ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500, specialises in large loss and catastrophic injury claims arising from motor, employers' liability (EL), and public liability (PL) incidents. Our work spans cases of the utmost severity, including:
- Brain and spinal injuries
- Amputations
- Polytrauma
- Brachial plexus injuries
- Severe psychiatric injuries
- Chronic pain
- Loss of senses
We act for major insurers, corporates, and third‑party administrators, handling complex, high‑profile matters led by Partners recognised as market leaders. Many of our cases involve cross‑border quantum investigations, supported by our international offices.
Our approach is modern and collaborative — we avoid unnecessary lawyering and focus on delivering innovative, efficient solutions, supported by our in‑house R&D capability and award‑winning technology suite.
Clients
- Large composite and motor insurers
- London market insurers
- Corporates
Types of Cases You'll Support
- High‑value personal injury claims
- Complex motor liability matters
- High‑profile group litigation
Required Experience:
We're looking for someone with:
- 1–2+ years' relevant experience in a legal support or litigation role*
- Experience in defendant personal injury litigation
- Ability to prepare medical chronologies
- Experience arranging expert appointments and conferences with counsel
- Experience supporting large cases within a team environment
- Strong written communication skills and attention to detail
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.
About Kennedys
Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 3,000 people in 45 offices across 18 countries around the world we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.
Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.
We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.
What do we have to offer?
We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.
Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive, distinctive and ambitious. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.
The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.
We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.
Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.
