We're looking for a talented Litigation Executive or Associate with experience in employers' and public liability and take on some of the most challenging and high‑profile liability and injury cases in the market. If you are ready to work on complex, intellectually stimulating matters and handle a varied caseload, we want to hear from you.
This is a role for someone who thrives on responsibility, enjoys collaborating with leading experts, and takes pride in delivering exceptional client service. You'll be proactive, detail‑driven, and comfortable managing multiple moving parts while maintaining strong, trusted relationships with clients. A working understanding of coverage, sharp analytical thinking skills, and confident problem‑solving abilities are required.
About the Team
Our national practice handles personal injury claims from seven offices across the UK. The Birmingham team is a recognised market leader - ranked top tier for defendant personal injury - and regularly instructed on complex, high‑value, and high‑profile matters.
Working alongside Partners who are widely regarded as industry leaders, you'll also gain exposure to UK cases involving cross‑border quantum issues through our international network.
We focus on partnership, not process. That means avoiding unnecessary lawyering and embracing modern, efficient solutions—including our in‑house R&D capability and award‑winning suite of legal technology.
Our Clients
- Insurers
- Corporates
- Loss adjusters
Types of Cases You'll Work On
- Mixed‑value, non‑volume claims up to high multi‑track
- Employers' liability / Public liability
- Multi‑defendant and Part 20 claims
- Construction, manufacturing, leisure, and retail sector matters
- Defective premises and property claims
- Product liability
- Both pre‑litigation and litigated files
What We're Looking For
- 2–5 years' UK Qualified Solicitor or CILEX (or equivalent experience)
- Experience assisting on high multi‑track defence litigation
- Basic policy coverage knowledge
*Experience levels are a guideline - if you have more or less but can demonstrate the right capability, we'd still love to hear from you.
If you need any adjustments or additional support during the application process, please let us know. We're committed to ensuring everyone can apply with confidence.
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 and distinctive. 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.
