Job Description

Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Newcastle, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 950 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

Job role: Associate

Hours: 37.5 hours a week FTE

Winner of two Working Families\xe2\x80\x99 awards for \xe2\x80\x98Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment 2022\xe2\x80\x99 and \xe2\x80\x98Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020\xe2\x80\x99, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Department: PI and Regulatory

Location: London

Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.

Here are some examples of what we offer:

• 25 days\xe2\x80\x99 annual leave
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Flexible, agile and home working
• BUPA
• Permanent health insurance
• Flexible pension scheme
• Medicash
• EAP with access to counselling
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year
• Life assurance
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Dress for your day policy
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Financial contribution towards home working equipment

Role overview

Introduction to the role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join to join the leading marine defendant personal injury, travel and regulatory team within the wider Marine Business Group in our London office.

In this role you will have the opportunity to work with a wide cross section of clients in the sector ranging from ship and yacht owners, operators and insurers, ports, hotel owners and insurers and cruise lines, dealing with a range of matters including personal injury claims, EL/PL land-based claims, travel claims, and industrial disease claims.

Introduction to the team:

You will be joining the PI & Regulatory team \xe2\x80\x93 Marine Business Group, headed up by John Caddies, and which includes 5 other fee earners, who have a long track record of successfully advising clients on the legal aftermath of major and minor air, land and sea incidents including criminal and regulatory incidents and defending personal injury claims in a cost-effective and pro-active manner.

Key responsibilities:

• Personal injury claims bought by ship\xe2\x80\x99s crew and passengers. This includes defending claims for catastrophic injury, fatal injuries and jurisdictional advice.
• EL and PL land based personal injury claims, particularly in the ports sector.
• Travel claims brought against cruise ships, yachts and to a lesser extent hotels and airlines.
• Industrial disease claims, particularly noise induced deafness.
• Work related death investigations and prosecutions by police, MCA, HSE and MAIB
• Drafting agreements.

What we are looking for

Essential

• Law degree (or equivalent)
• Personal injury and/or industrial disease claim experience.
• Ability to handle your own claims.
• Ability/willingness to work as part of a team and independently.
• An interest and aptitude for developing new business.
• Attention to detail and an ability to multi-task.
• Strong organisation, intrapersonal and communication skills.
• Pragmatic approach to legal and commercial problem solving.
• Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines and adhere to guidelines and procedures (client and internal).
• Ability to demonstrate the firm\xe2\x80\x99s core values.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means that we will make reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your best. Please contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

Values

Trust \xe2\x80\x93 Respect \xe2\x80\x93 Innovation \xe2\x80\x93 Collaboration

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

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