Demonstrable supervisory experience, with the ability to support, guide, and develop colleagues.
Confidence in identifying and driving key medico-legal issues.
Excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to exceptional client care.
A genuine desire to make work count and a commitment to social justice, high professional standards, and achieving meaningful outcomes for clients.
Responsibilities
Manage a high-value, multi-track caseload from initial client interview through to successful resolution.
Lead complex clinical negligence claims, ensuring high standards of litigation and client care.
Supervise, mentor, and develop junior lawyers by providing technical guidance, oversight, and support so cases progress effectively and to a consistently high standard.
Contribute to a collaborative team through knowledge-sharing and mutual support.
Are you an experienced Clinical Negligence Lawyer ready to take the next step in your career? Thompsons Solicitors — the UK’s leading social justice law firm — is seeking dedicated and driven lawyers at all levels to join our specialist Clinical Negligence team.
This is a senior opportunity to use your expertise where it truly matters: securing justice for injured and vulnerable clients who rely on us to fight their corner.
In this pivotal role, you will manage a high‑value, multi‑track caseload from initial client interview through to successful resolution. You will lead complex clinical negligence claims with skill, empathy and sound strategic judgement, ensuring the highest standards of litigation and client care throughout.
Alongside your own caseload, this role requires strong and proven supervision experience. You will play an active part in supervising, mentoring and developing junior lawyers, providing technical guidance, oversight and support to ensure cases progress effectively and to a consistently high standard.
You will work with a high degree of autonomy while contributing to a collaborative, high‑performing team, where knowledge‑sharing and mutual support are central to success.
We are seeking a qualified Clinical Negligence Lawyer with a genuine desire to make their work count. You will bring:
Demonstrable supervisory experience, with the ability to support, guide and develop colleagues
Confidence in identifying and driving key medico‑legal issues
Excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to exceptional client care
Most importantly, you will share our commitment to social justice, high professional standards and achieving meaningful outcomes for clients every day.