Description We are looking for pre-litigation lawyers with experience of MIB cases, who are looking to join a market leading division in order to take the next step in their legal career. You will work alongside industry leaders and household names in insurance. Many of our leadership team and partners started their careers at Keoghs. This underlines both what a great place it is to work and also the commitment to our people and the development of their potential and their careers.

Our counter-fraud team is the largest and longest-established in the UK, we are down to earth and consistently deliver legal excellence. We are incredibly proud of our reputation and of the work we do in defeating dishonest motor claims and developing innovative strategies and to identify and prevent new and emerging risks. We seek like-minded lawyers who want to join us in this exciting and important work and to develop and further their careers with us.

You will work within a team of fraud specialists and run a caseload of pre-litigation cases covering a variety of fraud types, with a niche focus on cases involving the MIB. You will work with the support of the Team Leader and the Lead Lawyer so to achieve the best possible results in a commercially sound manner. 

The caseload will consist of a range of suspected fraudulent insurance claims consisting of various fraud types. A knowledge of the MIB is essential.


Key Responsibilities It will be the responsibility of the MIB Lawyer to handle pre-litigated cases from the point of identification through to the resolution of the case, or point of litigation. Responsibilities in case management include, but are not limited to:

Strategic Excellence
• Detailed review and analysis of evidence throughout the life of the case
• Setting the case strategy on files, ensuring adherence to any KYO or generic strategies that may be put in place by Lead Lawyer and Technical Leads
• Adhering to all work type process stages
• Identifying strategic litigation opportunities and complex cases when appropriate
• Identifying client trends and any opportunities to raise profile with clients

Client Excellence
• Handling files in accordance with agreed client guidelines
• Ensuring maximum client satisfaction on each case
• Ensuring accurate and timely completion of all client and internal MI
• Achieving both client and internal KPIs

Technical Excellence
• Liaising with all appropriate involvements on the case in order to carry out agreed investigations to meet the set strategy
• Complying with all procedural (MOJ, OIC or PAP) and investigative deadlines
• Protecting the client’s position in relation to litigation by ensuring the nomination and indemnity stance is clearly stated to all parties
• Dealing pro-actively and achieving the best results with the case investigations and strategy from receipt until point of resolution
• Delegating tasks as appropriate to assistants to take the case forward
• Timely and accurate maintenance of all Case Management Systems from opening to closure
• Adherence to file management policies
• Complying with the SRA Standards & Regulations

Financial Excellence
• Be commercially aware, by working in an efficient and effective manner, where working within a fixed fee price
• Commercial awareness so as to retain profitability
• Achieve financial targets
• Ensure timely and accurate billing

Cultural Excellence
• Adhere to our Values

WORKING HOURS

35 hours per week - Monday – Friday 

9am – 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch

The location for this role is Bolton, Parklands Office

This is an agile working role with attendance at the office at least 1 day per week 


Skills, Knowledge and Expertise • Experience of handling pre-litigated case load 
• High level of analytical skills
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritise work, keep to deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to anticipate problems and identify solutions
• Adhere to the Keoghs Values
• Experience of time recording and billing systems


Benefits *25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days) 
*Family Cover Private Medical Insurance ( Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
*Simply Health Care Cash Plan
*WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing 
*Death in Service
*Critical Illness Cover
*PHI/Income Protection ( Private health insurance)
*Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer 
*Cycle to Work Scheme*
*Tech Scheme*
*Season Ticket Loan*
*Gym Flex*
*Access to Online Discount Sites
*Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
*Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
*Discounts at local retail outlets
*after successfully completing probation