Industrial Disease Fee Earner

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Industrial Disease Litigator to join a Top 200 law firm with offices in Manchester, proudly providing award winning legal services to clients nationwide. The role will demand an excellent understanding of all aspects of litigation in personal injury, specifically military claims and knowledge also of industrial disease claims. The role holder must have an ability to manage a high workload whilst at the same time have a solid understanding of litigation and the Civil Procedure Rules and the regulations and legislation concerning military claims. The role holder will be responsible for taking individual responsibility for a caseload of military claims both litigated and pre-litigated alongside responsibility for industrial disease claims where appropriate. The caseload will consist of complex and/or high value military claims and some Industrial Disease claims. The role holder will be responsible for a caseload of military cases against the Ministry of Defence and should be able to manage these with confidence and knowledge in line with the Company's exceptional customer service standards. The role handler will also be responsible for some industrial disease cases where required. To be successful the candidate needs to demonstrate a solid understanding of the technical issues involved in dealing with a litigated case. To demonstrate an excellent understanding of the civil procedure rules To have an excellent working knowledge of Military Claims, Noise Induced Hearing Loss and/or Short Tail Industrial Disease and Long Tail Industrial Disease and relevant case law You will be a Solicitor /Legal Executive/Fee Earner with experience of dealing with complex and high value claims against the Ministry of Defence, fast track/multi-track litigated cases including Short Tail and Long Tail diseases and other industrial disease cases . Salary to 55k dependant on level and will be 3 days office based per week. BCL Legal is an equal opportunities employer.