Complex Injury Paralegal
Southampton | Full Time | 35 Hours Per Week
Start your legal career with one of the UK's leading insurance law firms & join one of our newest Partners as she begins to grow her team.
Are you looking for an opportunity to build a rewarding career in law? Perhaps you've gained some legal experience through work, study, or a placement and are ready for your next challenge. If you're organised, eager to learn, and have a strong work ethic, we'd love to hear from you.
We're looking for a Complex Injury Paralegal to join our specialist team, supporting Partner and Lead Lawyer Nicole Way, who handles large and complex injury RTA claims. This is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with Nicole, one of Keoghs’ newest and most welcomed Partners, as she begins to grow her team. You’ll gain hands-on experience, develop your legal knowledge and take the first steps in your career journey, with Nicole keen to support, nurture and develop the right individual.
The role would suit someone who can demonstrate a genuine interest in personal injury, whether through previous work experience, their current role, or relevant areas of study such as personal injury, tort or civil litigation.
You'll play a key role in helping progress cases from start to finish, including:
- Supporting Nicole with a variety of case-related tasks
- Communicating with clients, experts, courts and witnesses
- Preparing legal documents and correspondence
- Organising appointments, hearings and key dates
- Reviewing documents, records and evidence
- Conducting legal research
- Keeping case information accurate and up to date
- Attending meetings and developing your legal knowledge
You'll receive ongoing support, training and feedback to help you build your skills and confidence.
You might be:
- A law graduate or studying towards a legal qualification
- Working in a legal support, administration or paralegal role
- Looking for your first step into a specialist legal career
Most importantly, you'll have:
- A genuine interest in law and developing your career
- Excellent organisation and attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
- The ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Confidence using IT systems and Microsoft Office
- A positive, can-do attitude
- A willingness to learn and support your team
Why join us?
This role offers an opportunity to gain exposure to complex and serious injury claims, including life-changing injury cases and high-value litigation.
You'll benefit from:
✅ Training and development
✅ Support from experienced legal professionals
✅ High-quality, varied work
✅ Clear opportunities for career progression
✅ A collaborative and supportive team culture
About Us
At Keoghs, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where colleagues can learn, grow and succeed together.
Our values guide how we work every day:
- We are connected
- We are dynamic
- We are innovative
- We succeed together
Ready to take the next step?
If you're motivated, hardworking and excited by the prospect of developing a career in law, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now and start your journey in complex injury litigation.
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Davies Incentive Plan
- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
- Simply Health Care Cash Plan
- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
- Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
- Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee Volunteering Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loan*
- Gym Flex*
- Access to Online Discount Sites
- Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
- Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
- Discounts at local retail outlets
- after successfully completing probation
Keoghs is a leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector. We manage more than £1bn worth of insurer claims and resolve in excess of 100,000 claims per year working in partnership with leading insurers, MGAs, brokers, corporates and the public sector.
With more than 50 years’ experience we have an in-depth understanding of the insurance claims process, enabling us to contain and lower litigation rates, shorten claims lifecycles and reduce overall claims costs. We combine proven processes, technology and low cost infrastructure with extensive legal and insurance market knowledge. This enables us to create individual solutions for each of our clients that match their requirements in terms of quality, performance and value for money.
We invest heavily in specialised services, technology and innovation for our insurance clients, and we are the first to launch a true artificial intelligence (AI) insurance lawyer. Through our proprietary AI lawyer, Lauri, we’ve transformed the claims handling process for low-value personal injury claims; we’ve reduced claim lifecycles and reduced costs for our clients. Supported by commercial acumen and innovative products, Keoghs leads the way in providing legal solutions to the insurance industry.
