DMH Stallard provides a comprehensive range of commercial, dispute resolution and litigation, employment, cyber security and cyber-crime, corporate, intellectual property, real estate and technology, media and telecoms advice to both businesses and individuals. Our clients, our people and our professional networks are the keys to our success.. With offices in London and across the region, including Brighton, Gatwick, Guildford, Horsham, and Hassocks - we’re proud to have grown to around 400 people.
Culture really matters to us. In our most recent staff survey, 99.6% of our people said DMH is a great place to work, with 90% feeling they have a strong work-life balance, and 93.9% expressing confidence in the leadership team.
We’re committed to building a genuinely inclusive and supportive workplace. Our Women in Law group meets quarterly, and we’re actively working toward gender balance at all levels. We already exceed the industry average, with 40% of our partners being women compared to the sector average at 29%.
We actively invest in learning and development at all career stages. Our mentoring programme is available to all partners, and we are preparing to launch an internal mentoring programme to support progression right up to partnership. We also recognise that work-life balance is essential to long-term success and wellbeing, and we promote hybrid working arrangements to help our people perform at their best inside and outside of work.
We’re also especially proud to achieve gold accreditation from Investors in People, which reflects our strong commitment to people development and leadership.
The Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Team is one of the largest in the South East, with cross team expertise to provide a wealth and breadth of knowledgeable advice, with a high regard for empathy and understanding in their client care.
We are known locally as well as nationally, with a well-earned and highly regarded reputation, working with clients across England and Wales.
The team are dedicated to work with clients in most matters from road traffic accidents, accidents at work and clinical negligence. We have a team dedicated to the catastrophic and high value claims as well as clinical negligence and also have a well-regarded reputation for assisting clients with Inquests.
It is our focus on supporting clients and the clients being the centre of all we do that’s sets us apart. We pride ourselves on our strong ethos in terms of excellent advice coupled with the strong client relationship and work closely with colleagues across the firm in employment, property, family and private client should our clients need support with any other aspects that may arise from their claim.
Clients can expect the highest level of expertise in areas to include but not limited to:
- Clinical Negligence to include misdiagnosis, surgery error, and mismanagement of treatment/medication.
- Product liability.
- Personal Injury to include catastrophic injury, accidents at work and criminal injury.
- Inquests.
We are a team that also regards each other highly and supports the training, development and progression of each and every member of the team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Solicitor or Associate with 2-5 years’ post-qualification experience to join our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team at our Gatwick office. You’ll work on a varied caseload of personal injury and clinical negligence matters — including road traffic collisions, employer’s liability, public liability, occupiers’ liability, and cases of misdiagnosis and failure to treat — alongside experienced fee earners in a supportive and collaborative environment.
You’ll be responsible for managing your own caseload under supervision, meeting fee targets, and contributing to the wider success of the team. It’s also really important to us that you’re the kind of person who helps maintain our culture of speaking up about problems or mistakes, and working collaboratively to resolve issues rather than attributing blame.
Role and Responsibilities
- Assisting the Partner and Senior Associate on specific matters, including larger, more complex cases
- Running your own caseload of personal injury and ultimately, clinical negligence matters under supervision
- Achieving financial targets as defined by the Group Head/Head of Department, including targets for contribution, time recording and fees
- Maintaining accurate data on Case Manager and the firm’s intranet, The Bus
- Monitoring your own performance in relation to live files, file closures, file openings, billings and time recording, and taking appropriate action to ensure targets are met
- Scoping all matters appropriately, including the use of budget templates where needed, to ensure work is delivered on time and on budget
- Delivering the highest standards of client care, ensuring that clients use DMH Stallard again and recommend the firm to others
- Assisting with and contributing to marketing and business development initiatives, such as writing for e-newsletters and attending seminars
- Attending the firm’s internal training programme and other relevant technical training to ensure skills and knowledge remain up to date
Who Are We Looking For?
We’re looking for a motivated and technically capable solicitor with 2-5 years’ post-qualification experience who is ready to develop their career within a supportive and ambitious team. You’ll be proactive, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering excellent client service.
Essential
- Previous experience of personal injury and/or clinical negligence work (or a demonstrable ability to do so)
- An understanding of the Civil Procedure Rules and those rules underpinning the day to day running of matters
- Knowledge of current legislation, including all relevant Protocols, LASPO, FRC amendments, Civil Procedure Updates and relevant case law
- Ability to effectively manage time to achieve client and internal deadlines
- Understanding the importance of client care with an ability to deal with a wide range of clients with differing objectives, including understanding the commercial objectives of the client
- Ability to work within a team and provide support to Associates and Partners as appropriate
- Ability to draft documentation with attention to detail
- The ability to communicate effectively with clients, in writing, over the telephone and in meetings, and to convey technical legal information in an effective and accessible way
Desirable
- Confident Excel skills sufficient to enable the reviewing of relevant matters
- Competent IT skills including Outlook, Word, Digital Dictation and Aderant/iManage
- A willingness to contribute to business development
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (of which 3.5 are taken during the Christmas period), plus Birthday holiday, plus Bank Holidays.
- Buying Holiday Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay
- Life Assurance
- Private Healthcare
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Sodexo Discounts
- Pension Scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts on Legal work
