Pre-Litigation Executive

Description

Ready to take the next step in your legal career?

Join the team in Birmingham, Dagenham, Liverpool or Newcastle where your analytical mindset, attention to detail, and commitment to helping others make a real difference. As a Personal Injury Pre-Litigation Assistant, you'll play a vital role in progressing accident claims across RTA, EL and PL matters, helping to build strong cases, support union members, and secure the best possible outcomes for clients following life-changing events.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys tackling complex problems, and is eager to develop specialist expertise in personal injury law while making a meaningful impact every day.

While not mandatory, we highly recommend including a cover letter or personal statement to demonstrate your enthusiasm for the opportunity and explain why you would like to build your career with Thompsons Solicitors.

If successfully shortlisted, you will be required to complete an online assessment, which will be sent to the email address you used to apply for this position. Subject to successful completion and selection, you must then be available to attend one of our offices on Thursday 5th November for a final stage interview. Salary is dependant on candidate location.

The role...

• Investigating and gathering evidence to determine whether cases should proceed to litigation.
• Preparing files for issue, including assessing merits, obtaining liability evidence, securing medical reports, and instructing experts.
• Managing a high‑volume caseload with accuracy, organisation, and confidence.
• Taking clear, detailed instructions from clients, witnesses, experts, and union partners.
• Making informed decisions under supervision, using sound judgment and strong analytical skills.
• Working efficiently within a KPI framework and recording time accurately.
• Using a case management system to produce your own work and stay fully self‑sufficient.

Who we are looking for...

You’ll thrive in this role if you bring:

• Strong client‑care skills and confidence communicating by phone or in person.
• Knowledge of PI law, Pre‑Action Protocols, CPR, and funding (or the ability to learn quickly).
• The ability to prioritise, meet deadlines, and manage a busy caseload.
• Excellent drafting, numeracy, and written communication skills.

What we offer you...

• Contributory pension scheme
• 23 days annual leave (in addition to bank holidays)
• Additional leave over Christmas
• Permanent health insurance
• Healthcare Cash Plan (MediCash)
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Organised sports and social club
• Annual travel and parking loans
• Financial assistance for professional development

About Thompsons Solicitors

For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.

Thompsons ran:

• the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937
• the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972
• the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK (1988) and later in Europe (1993)
• the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016
• hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson (2017) and behalf of those injured by mesh (2019).

Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 18 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.

Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change.

We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won’t let up in its quest for fairness.

Visit www.thompsons.law or call 0800 0 224 224

Thompsons Solicitors is a trading name of Thompsons Solicitors LLP.