Senior Lawyer: Disease
Core
Manage complex litigation and claims for occupational diseases, asbestos, and casualty matters, including assessing liability, causation, and quantum.
Role type
Senior Associate lawyer (occupational disease and casualty litigation)
Builds
Legal advice, pleadings, witness evidence, and settlements for insurers and corporate clients
Domain
Law (Litigation, Personal Injury, Insurance, Public Liability)
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Litigation management, liability assessment, causation analysis, quantum assessment, drafting pleadings, instructing counsel and experts, negotiation, mediation
Preferred skills
Disease litigation background, public liability claims experience, specialist expertise in complex causality
Technologies
Legal research databases, case management systems
Responsibilities
Manage a varied caseload of litigation and occupational disease claims; Handle Employers' Liability and Public Liability matters; Assess liability, causation, and quantum; Draft pleadings and legal advice; Negotiate settlements and participate in mediations