Solicitor/Associate - Professional Indemnity

DAC Beachcroft LLP; North East; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Newcastle seeks a Solicitor/Associate for its Professional and Commercial Risk team. This role involves managing a mixed workload of professional negligence claims and collaborating with senior fee earners. Ideal candidates will possess interest or experience in professional indemnity and have strong client-handling skills. Join a dynamic team that values intellectual challenge and flexibility.

Qualifications

• Interest in professional indemnity or transferable backgrounds like personal injury
• Strong relationship skills and client handling
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively

Responsibilities

• Handle professional negligence claims for various professionals
• Conduct pre-action and litigated matters
• Review documents and draft witness statements
• Liaise with experts and counsel

Skills

Interest or expertise in professional indemnity

Strong relationship and client-handling skills

Good level of self-sufficiency

Attention to detail

Team-oriented

Education

~0-4 years PQE

Job description

Solicitor/Associate - Professional Indemnity

Department: Professional and Commercial Risk

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Newcastle

Description

Are you looking for a role offering intellectual challenge and industry-leading quality work, without compromising on genuine flexibility? An opportunity in our Professional & Commercial Risk team may be for you.

We’re seeking Solicitors/Associates with an interest in professional liability to join the team. You’ll play an active role in the continued growth and success of the team, in collaboration with our wider practice in the North, nationally and internationally.

Our team acts for Insured professionals and all the main insurance companies in the defence of claims, and deals with the full spectrum of insurance work from policy coverage, recovery and strategic advice to Insurers.

Join a truly international firm where collaboration across disciplines fuels variety and creative problem-solving for high-calibre clients.

Key Responsibilities

• A mixed workload of professional negligence claims against a wide variety of professionals
• Responsibility for conducting both pre-action and litigated matters, as well as assisting more senior fee earners
• Responsibility for reviewing documents to analyse the facts and issues and identify next steps, as well as responsibility for running disclosure exercises and drafting witness statements
• A good understanding of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation
• The opportunity to liaise directly with experts and counsel

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• ~0-4 years PQE, with interest or expertise in professional indemnity
• Open to those with transferable backgrounds in areas such as personal injury, property litigation or commercial litigation
• Strong relationship and client-handling skills, commensurate with experience
• A good level of self-sufficiency, managing a caseload commensurate with experience
• An eye for detail and creativity in problem-solving
• Change-oriented, with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives
• Team oriented and collegiate, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
• A willingness to work hard as part of a highly ambitious and driven team