Complex Injury Paralegal




Application Deadline: 13 November 2026




Department: Legal




Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time




Location: London UK




Reporting To: Lead Lawyer




Description




Keoghs LLP | Complex Injury Team


Full-time | 35 hours per week | Monday-Friday




Are you looking to develop your career in complex and high-value personal injury work?

Keoghs is looking for a dedicated
Complex Injury Paralegal to join our successful and growing Complex Injury Team in London.



This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience assisting with a varied caseload of
Employer's Liability and Public Liability (EL/PL) claims, ranging from lower-value matters through to complex, high-value cases worth millions of pounds.



If you're currently working in a personal injury paralegal or support role and want to advance your career in complex injury litigation, we'd love to hear from you.




Key Responsibilities



Working closely with the Lead Lawyer and wider Complex Injury Team, you'll support the progression of EL/PL personal injury matters from instruction through to resolution. Duties will include:




File & Case Support

• Preparing, filing, serving, and diarising basic court documents and hearing dates


• Liaising with experts, counsel, insureds, and witnesses


• Coordinating conferences, hearings, joint settlement meetings, and expert appointments


• Managing CRU registrations, updates, and settlement notifications


• Reviewing medical records, photographic evidence, and surveillance footage


• Drafting summaries, mandates, and applications for records and police reports


• Redacting documents to maintain privilege and GDPR compliance


• Taking and fielding calls from all parties involved in the claims

As Your Skills Develop



With experience and supervision, you'll progress to tasks including:

• Preparing instructions to counsel


• Drafting witness statements and liaising with witnesses


• Preparing and reviewing disclosure


• Attending client meetings and preparing notes


• Drafting updates to clients and more complex court documentation

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise




Essential Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in a similar role i.e. previous paralegal, low value file handling


• Minimum of 5 GCSEs (grade 5/C or above)


• Demonstrable interest in law (e.g. LPC, CILEX, or experience in a legal environment)


• Experience of the litigation process-ideally in personal injury


• Strong communication and telephone skills


• Confident, organised, and able to manage competing priorities


• High attention to detail-especially when tasks are repetitive


• Good IT, literacy, and administrative skills


• A proactive team player with the flexibility to support the needs of the team


• Ability to work in line with the SRA Code of Conduct

Soft Skills

• Team Commitment - Values collaboration and others' perspectives


• Resilience - Calm under pressure


• Growth Mindset - Keen to develop and improve


• Adaptability - Embraces change positively


• Client-Focused Thinking - Adds value through service quality


• Commercial Awareness - Understands broader business implications

Job Benefits

• 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


• Cycle to Work Scheme*


• Tech 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