We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract role.

Head, spinal cord and other serious and fatal injuries can cause huge disruption to the lives of both the sufferer and their loved ones. They can mean a total rethink of major life decisions, affecting family members, employment, healthcare and everyday life. Serious injuries are hugely traumatic and need to be handled with utmost care and expertise. Our serious injury team prides itself on making a real difference.  We help our clients to live their life as fully as possible after a serious injury. We have years of experience helping people claim compensation for serious injuries and have specialist teams across the UK.

Irwin Mitchell is one of the few firms to offer a rare opportunity to specialise in working with individuals affected by serious injury, and is a deeply rewarding area of personal injury law.

You will join our team in our Newcastle office, specialising in pursuing high value and complex cases involving serious brain and spinal cord injury, amputations, serious orthopaedics injuries and fatal collisions. The team has achieved many multi-million pound awards on behalf of their clients and is externally recognised for their experience and specialism by the Legal 500, Chambers and Partners and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

• Working on complex high value cases including obtaining documents and medical and other evidence, instructing Counsel and assisting with other litigation tasks.
• Working independently and as part of a team to deliver the best outcomes for our seriously injured clients.
• Achieving time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.
• Working to deadlines and complying with directions / decisions made.
• Reviewing records and compiling bundles.
• Attending meetings and taking notes.
• Keeping up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attending appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice.

We're looking for a Paralegal to work in our Newcastle Serious Injury team.

Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• Previous experience as a paralegal or within Serious Injury is welcome but not essential.
• Excellent client care and inter-personal skills, operating with integrity and showing empathy and intuition to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances.
• Have ambition and enthusiasm for serious injury litigation.
• A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach.
• Be able to work collaboratively and independently.
• Be highly organised
• Be committed to delivering exceptional client service and in doing so, be authentically approachable, empathetic and caring with the ability to build rapport with clients and their families
• Thrive in a pressurised environment.
• Be an enthusiastic team player.
• Commit to an office environment in accordance with client and business need.

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.  This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. 

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.