{"id":9156,"date":"2024-03-20T02:32:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T02:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/casualty-el-pl-personal-injury-file-handler\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T02:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T02:32:04","slug":"casualty-el-pl-personal-injury-file-handler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/casualty-el-pl-personal-injury-file-handler\/","title":{"rendered":"Casualty EL \/ PL Personal Injury File Handler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Employer:<\/b> Keoghs LLP<br \/>\n<b>Salary:<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Date Added:<\/b> 20\/03\/2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Casualty EL \/ PL Personal Injury File Handler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Purpose<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p>The File Handler will manage a caseload of varied EL\/PL cases on behalf of a number of insurance clients. The role requires a forensic and analytical approach to employment and public liability issues together with experience and\/or appreciation of the documents  and evidence required in these types of cases. The majority of the cases will be Fast Track with the potential to handle cases up to &#163;100K.<\/p>\n<p>This is a full time role, working 35 hours per week. You will work from our Horwich office and hybrid working of 1 day per week in the office applies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compensation package:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Salary discussed &amp; disclosed on application, hybrid working 1 day per week in office remainder remote working, Health Care Cash Plan, Holidays 25 days plus 8 bank holidays (opportunity to buy &amp; sell 3 days) increasing to 26 after 5 years\u2019 service and to  27 after 10 years\u2019 service, Death In Service &#8211; after 1 year, Employer Pension Contribution, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme, Season Ticket Loan*, Gym Flex<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Accountabilities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Day to day handling of a litigated caseload of EL and PL cases, subject to supervision according to Keoghs competency framework, to include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Initial report\/review and setting strategy for the management of the claim. Considering concepts and merits of primary and secondary liability in employment liability and public liability claims.<\/li>\n<li>Building relationships with Keoghs clients (if in a non-delegated authority team).<\/li>\n<li>Handling matters in accordance with client SLA\u2019s.<\/li>\n<li>Dealing with Disclosure.<\/li>\n<li>Instructing Counsel\/investigators\/medical and other experts.<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing evidence (eg. Witness statements, GP records, Occupational Health\/ Personnel records, properly inspection reports etc.<\/li>\n<li>Drafting questions to medical experts, preparing costs schedules, research, preparing\/checking trial bundles, attending conferences and Trial with Counsel, negotiations \/ Drafting Payments into Court, conducting investigations, conducting CMC\u2019s and applications,  review and\/or report re exchange of evidence, receipt of medical evidence, joints statements or at any other stage, counter schedule, Pre-Trial reports, CRU appeal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Essential Skills and Attributes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of handling a caseload of EL\/PL files<\/li>\n<li>Previous litigation experience.<\/li>\n<li>Good client care skills and evidence of working to client guidelines on a delegated basis and \/ or experience of working with \/ obtaining instruction from clients on a non-delegated authority basis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keoghs values <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00fc We are connected<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc We are dynamic<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc We are innovative<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc We succeed together<\/p>\n<p>We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for interest in this position and in our organisation and look forward to receiving your application.<\/p>\n<p><b>Application Deadline:<\/b> 01\/05\/2024<br \/>\n<b>Contract Type:<\/b> Permanent<br \/>\n<b>Submitted Applications:<\/b> 0<\/p>\n<p><a class='btn btn-block btn-primary theme-btn-primary' style='text-align: center; text-decoration: none; margin: auto 0;width: 100%;' href='https:\/\/www.reed.co.uk\/jobs\/casualty-el-pl-personal-injury-file-handler\/52345657' target='_blank' rel=\"noopener\"> Apply Now <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employer: Keoghs LLP Salary: Date Added: 20\/03\/2024 Casualty EL \/ PL Personal Injury File Handler Job Purpose: The File Handler will manage a caseload of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pexels-ruslan-burlaka-140945.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}