Senior Associate – Employers' Liability, Public Liability & Fraud
Kennedys is seeking an experienced Senior Associate to join our team, handling a varied caseload of complex Employers' Liability, Public Liability and suspected fraudulent claims. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Solicitor or CILEX professional to work across high-value defendant personal injury and counter-fraud matters.
The successful candidate will manage their own caseload of complex pre-litigation and litigated matters, including high multi-track claims, while providing strategic support on larger and more complex cases. The role will involve investigating claims, analysing complex evidence, identifying potential fraud indicators and developing effective litigation and defence strategies.
You will work closely with clients, insurers, experts and other stakeholders, providing practical and commercially focused advice. As a Senior Associate, you will also play an important role in developing and maintaining strong client relationships and supporting the wider team.
Team
Our national personal injury practice handles a broad range of complex and high-profile claims across the UK, led by experienced Partners recognised as market leaders in defendant personal injury.
Working alongside our specialist Fraud Team, you will also have exposure to complex fraud investigations and counter-fraud litigation. The team advises clients on investigation strategies and the effective defence of suspected fraudulent claims, working closely with industry bodies including the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB), regulators and the police where appropriate.
We take a practical and collaborative approach, working in partnership with our clients to deliver effective, modern solutions, supported by our in-house R&D capability and technological and process innovations.
Clients
Our clients include:
- London Market and large composite insurers
- EL/PL and motor insurers
- Loss adjusters
- Public sector organisations and local authorities
- Self-insured companies
- Corporates
- Transport operators and contractors
- SME insureds
- Businesses within the leisure, retail and hospitality sectors
Cases
The successful candidate will work across a diverse range of matters, including:
- Employers' Liability and Public Liability claims
- Suspected fraudulent casualty claims and complex fraud investigations
- Occupiers' Liability matters
- Motor claims, including catastrophic injury
- Mixed-value, non-volume claims through to high multi-track litigation
- Defective premises and property claims
- Product liability
- Both pre-litigation and litigated matters
Required experience
- 5+ years' experience as a UK qualified Solicitor or CILEX professional with relevant experience*
- Strong defendant personal injury litigation experience, including high multi-track work
- Experience in EL/PL and/or counter-fraud matters
- Experience managing complex and high-value claims
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to review evidence and identify potential inconsistencies or fraud indicators
- Strong communication skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective client relationships
- Ability to manage matters independently while collaborating effectively with Partners and the wider team
- Working knowledge of policy coverage would be advantageous
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.
