Personal injury paralegal

Contact Lynn Roberson, Practice Manager (details below).

Barr Ellison is a 6-Partner Cambridge law firm with a broad base of private and commercial clients.

We seek an LPC-qualified paralegal for immediate start. Working in the personal injury department of our high-profile branch office based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, the ideal candidate will display good client skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Keyboard literacy is essential, as is the willingness to contribute to the overall effectiveness of the office.

The successful candidate will have passed the personal injury module on the LPC and will be looking to develop further his/her career in this specialised area.  Working under supervision, the candidate will be assisting the lawyers with their catastrophic injury cases.

Applications to Lynn Roberson at Barr Ellison, 39 Parkside, Cambridge CB1 1PN telephone: 01223 411233 or e-mail at [email protected].

No agencies please.

Benefits package

As well as offering a strong career progression for employees, including development through training with study leave and financial support, Barr Ellison is a forward thinking firm committed to achieving a good quality work/life balance. The firm offers a number of benefits, including flexible working, to enable our employees to succeed in their career while also enjoying time with family and friends. Our core benefits include:

• Private health insurance – comprehensive cover for all staff
• Pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Two additional days’ holiday each Christmas.  
• An extra day of holiday leave for weddings and moving home.

In addition, Barr Ellison creates a positive workplace environment through offering:

• Flexible working hours allowing up to 12 additional days leave per year
• Discretionary annual bonus, based on the firm’s financial performance
• Christmas bonus
• Free legal services on non-contentious matters
• Reduced travel costs and interest-free annual train season ticket
• Health cash plan
• ‘Client finder’ and ‘employee finder’ bonus
• Childcare voucher scheme
• A warm, friendly office environment with an open-door policy, dress down each Friday, staff events in summer and at Christmas, working lunches and informal team get-togethers.