Solicitor / Legal Executive (Polish Speaking)

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Solicitor or Legal Executive to join the Personal Injury department in either our Grimsby or Lincoln office.

Wilkin Chapman LLP is the largest law firm in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, with an unrivalled breadth and depth of expertise and experience.

We are distinguished by our approachability, innovation and commitment to providing the best service we can to our clients along with achieving and maintaining quality standards.

We believe that this quality, service-led approach is also reflected by the number of accreditations and recommendations that the firm regularly achieves with the UK's leading legal directories, such as Legal 500, Chambers UK and is ranked 111 in The Lawyer UK’s top 200 law firms by turnover.

The Personal Injury department is based between our Grimsby and Lincoln offices and is where we deal with a whole range of Personal Injury matters including specialist areas of law, such as acting for members of the armed forces, medical negligence as well as providing a specialist Polish speaking service to the Polish community both locally and nationally. The work is often interesting as well as of high value and often representing the injured claimant as well as their representatives / families.

The role will suit a talented and motivated Solicitor or Legal Executive with experience of Litigation matters and of developing new business.

The successful candidate will be involved in assisting the team in dealing with a wide range of Personal Injury litigation cases.

The ability to speak, write and/or translate in Polish is essential for the role.

We have a focused marketing campaign for the Polish community and the successful applicant will be responsible for leading and being the face of that campaign, and will be responsible for dealing with the work and will be provided with support in the role with the intention of steadily growing the work over time.   

• Qualified Solicitor with litigation experience.
• Legal Executive with a similar level of experience will also be considered.
• Experience of general Personal Injury litigation, the various protocols and of multi-track cases desirable.
• Own following of work an advantage.

Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate:

• Ability to speak, write and/or translate in Polish,
• Excellent client relationship, interpersonal and team skills, including an ability to work closely with others.
• Initiative and self-motivation.
• Time and matter management skills.
• Ability to adopt a commercial as well as legal approach to client issues.
• An ability to business develop and network individually & collectively.
• Understanding and adopting the Firms values and behaviours.

Wilkin Chapman is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious practice or any other perceived differences. We are an armed forces friendly employer.

Our Values

All that we do is shaped by our five values: Service, Teamwork, Approachability, Innovation and Commitment to achieving results. These values are the bedrock of Wilkin Chapman, they define who and what we are - they underpin everything that we do. For more information on our values, please click here.

If you have any queries regarding this position, please contact recruitment@wilkinchapman.co.uk.