Paralegal

As a Paralegal within our Disease Team in Manchester, you'll play a vital part in supporting clients affected by a wide range of industrial disease conditions, including respiratory diseases, occupational asthma, dermatitis, and other workplace-related musculoskeletal illnesses. This is meaningful, people-focused work. You'll help guide clients through often challenging circumstances, using your empathy, communication skills and attention to detail to ensure they receive clear, compassionate and expert support. You'll manage a varied caseload, work closely with experienced solicitors, and develop specialist knowledge within an important and evolving area of law. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your skills, contribute to high-quality casework, and become part of a team known for its commitment to justice and to supporting working people. More about the role... This is meaningful, people-focused work. you'll help guide clients through often challenging circumstances, using your empathy, communication skills and attention to detail to ensure they receive clear, compassionate and expert support. You'll manage a varied caseload, work closely with experienced solicitors, and develop specialist knowledge within an important and evolving area of law. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your skills, contribute to high-quality casework, and become part of a team known for its commitment to justice and to supporting working people.

You'll bring experience as a paralegal-ideally within an industrial disease environment. We're looking for someone who is:

• Confident using legal research platforms such as Westlaw or LexisNexis
• Familiar with case management systems
• Highly organised, proactive and client-centred
• A strong communicator, able to work sensitively with clients and collaboratively with colleagues
• Motivated to develop expertise within disease litigation and contribute to the team's success
  
  Thompsons Solicitors was first established in 1921 by founder and leading civil rights lawyer, W. H. Thompson. Driven by a vision to protect and deliver justice for working people, his aspiration led Thompsons Solicitors to establish itself as the most experienced personal injury law firm in the UK.
For over 90 years, Thompsons Solicitors has helped injured people to secure hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation. Our team of committed personal injury specialists have decades of experience running, and winning, personal injury claims, workplace accident claims, road crash claims, medical negligence claims, industrial disease claims and asbestos claims. Thompsons Solicitors is fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and our personal injury and medical negligence lawyers are accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), and Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA). Our team's empathy and legal skill are regularly recognised by leading legal industry guides, including Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, and we retain high levels of client satisfaction. Providing an exceptional legal service to clients during the exceptional circumstances which follow a personal injury or medical accident, an accident at work or industrial disease diagnosis is Thompsons Solicitors' top priority. This includes highly-trained and friendly teams who invest their specialist expertise into every claim, as well as close links with leading charities and support groups who help families to access additional support and services. Unlike other personal injury law firms, Thompsons Solicitors is 100 per cent committed to claimant only work: that means that we only ever represent the injured or mistreated person, and never the people, organisations or insurance companies liable for paying out for those injuries. You can learn more about this unique commitment and the benefits it holds for our clients by reading Our Pledge. Minimising any stress and ensuring there is no financial risk to clients of making a personal injury claim is an important element of our service. Thompsons Solicitors prides itself on securing the maximum amount of personal injury compensation in the shortest possible time; keeping our clients fully informed about every stage of their case, and being open and transparent about how much personal injury compensation clients are likely to secure - putting you in control of your case. You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.

What we offer you...
• Contributory pension scheme
• 23 days annual leave + bank holidays
• 5 additional days' leave over Christmas
• Permanent health insurance
• Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash)
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Subsidised sports and social club
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Annual travel and parking loans
• Financial support for professional development
Join Thompsons Solicitors and help uphold the rights of working people while building a rewarding long-term career.