Lead Discrimination Lawyer

Lead Discrimination Lawyer

Department: Legal

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Bolton

Compensation: £45,000 - £55,000 / year

The Lead Discrimination Lawyer will handle own caseload of mixed equality, harassment and & complex discrimination cases within our Legacy department. You will be expected to manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes at appropriate levels of profitability.

• Overall conduct of allocated matters fixing strategy and liaising directly with clients.
• Responsibility for Assistants & their development
• Ensure adherence with court timetables by taking relevant actions/delegation of tasks as appropriate
• Ensuring experts are instructed in sufficient time by taking relevant actions/delegation of tasks as appropriate
• Attending conferences with Counsel and Clients
• Dealing with routine correspondence
• Compliance with MI
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
• Adhere to the Keoghs Values

• Technically proficient in dealing with a caseload of Equality Act cases including denial of access to services, acts of discrimination and harassment under the Equality Act.
• Technically proficient and confident in managing claims involving litigants in person.
• Experience of dealing with the Claims Portal as well as Fast, Intermediate and Multi Track litigation
• Effective negotiator
• Ability to use own initiative
• Good listening and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organise, delegate & prioritise
• Good level of IT skills

• 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*
• 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