Senior Associate – Catastrophic Injury – Bristol – 10+ PQE

Overview

In this role, you will lead a high-value defendant catastrophic injury caseload from Bristol, shaping outcomes in life-changing claims. You will work within a top-ranked team to manage complex motor, EL, and PL cases, employing expert quantum analyses and Ogden calculations. You will collaborate with market-leading Partners, insurers, and clients while mentoring junior lawyers and driving innovation and best practices. This opportunity combines high-stakes litigation with a supportive, growth-oriented culture and hybrid working. You will contribute to the team’s reputation and growth by delivering commercially focused, technically robust advocacy.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• cutting edge legal technology and innovation tools
• development pathways and career progression
• secondments and international collaboration
• competitive salary and benefits package

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a high-value defendant caseload in catastrophic injury matters
• Handle catastrophic motor, employer’s liability and public liability claims
• Apply Ogden tables and future loss calculations to quantum issues
• Tackle high-profile, sensitive, and technically challenging cases
• Collaborate with Partners and London market clients, insurers and corporates
• Support and develop junior lawyers, contributing to team growth
• Drive innovation, process improvement and best practice delivery

Key requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in catastrophic injury work
• Proven track record on high-value motor, EL and PL claims
• Strong technical skills including Ogden tables and future losses
• Experience working on large, complex cases within a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive, commercially minded and solutions-focused

• excellent communication
• proactive and commercially minded
• solutions-focused
• Ogden tables
• future loss calculations
• defendant catastrophic injury case management

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