You’ll be joining Sara Burns who is one of our Partners in the Medical Negligence team in Birmingham. Her team handles a broad and varied caseload, including birth injury, brain injury, stroke, fatal claims and other complex clinical negligence matters. The work is often high-value, sensitive and procedurally demanding, so we are looking for someone who is confident working across a wide range of claims and who brings strong litigation experience.

 As a key member of the team, you’ll play a vital role in supporting clients through some of the most challenging times in their lives. You’ll be involved in:

• Managing a varied caseload of complex claimant medical negligence cases, including litigated matters.

• Delivering excellent client care with empathy and compassion.
• Working collaboratively within nationally recognised specialist teams.
• Building strong relationships with clients, experts, counsel and healthcare professionals.
• Supporting vulnerable clients and their families through sensitive and often life changing situations.

• Driving claims forward strategically through investigation, pleadings, expert evidence, disclosure, settlement negotiations and, where required, trial preparation.

• Contributing to team development, business development activities and the firm's reputation as a leading claimant practice.

 We’re looking for someone who combines technical excellence with genuine empathy:

• 3–5 years PQE, ideally with a background in claimant work, and experience handling complex, high-value or procedurally demanding claims.
• Strong transferable litigation skills, including working to court timetables, preparing cases for key procedural stages, managing expert evidence and progressing matters efficiently and commercially.
• The ability to take instructions from clients, analyse complex evidence and give clear, practical legal advice.
• Demonstrable experience assisting seniors on high-value, complex and strategically important cases.

• The ability to operate independently and work collaboratively as part of a team to deliver the best outcomes for our clients.

 You’ll be joining a forward-thinking and supportive team that values compassion, excellence and impact. If you have the litigation experience, technical ability and client-focused approach needed to work across a diverse and demanding caseload, we’d love to hear from you.