Vacancy

We are currently recruiting for a Junior Fee Earner or a Paralegal to join our Abuse Compensation Department in Dewsbury. 

The department represents clients in both Civil and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) cases. The role will be to work in both the CICA and Civil Claims teams as a junior fee earner.

Full training in this specialised area of personal injury litigation will be given. 

• Hours:  Full time                                                                
• Salary: Negotiable

About the Abuse Compensation Department

Our department is a national leader in the niche area of abuse law. We have been involved in landmark cases, specifically in abuse suffered in foster care and fought for a change in the law which allows an abuse claim to be brought before the Court regardless of when it took place. It is our belief that justice for child abuse survivors should be accessible no matter how long ago it happened.

We have acted as the lead Solicitor for large group of survivors who suffered abuse in children’s homes and detention centres. We have been instrumental in the development of scheme cases which has enabled survivors of abuse, specifically Eastwood Park Detention Centre and Medomsley Detention who were unable to pursue their claims through the Courts to receive compensation for their experiences.

We regularly act for clients in both civil and CICA cases. We have formed good relationships with charities who support survivors of sexual violence and are an official sponsor of the charity Safeline. We have been successful in obtaining large compensation awards for our clients at both the review and appeal stages of the claims. 

We are panel members of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers. 

We are a corporate partner with NAPAC (National Association of People Abused in Childhood.)