Crime & Regulatory Assistant Lawyer

Location: Bolton, United Kingdom; Workplace type: Hybrid

Company

hirify.global provides legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses, and suppliers to the insurance sector, with a focus on claims handling, litigation, technology, and AI-enabled legal services.

What you will do

• Support the lead lawyer on health-sector inquests from the incident stage through resolution, particularly matters involving residential and nursing care homes and significant mental health issues.
• Review, organise, index, cross-reference, and summarise client, witness, prosecution, medical, postmortem, and CCTV evidence.
• Draft witness and insured statements, written submissions, defence case statements, mitigation materials, hearing bundles, and notes of evidence.
• Liaise with courts, coroners, the CQC, police, local authorities, clients, counsel, and expert witnesses.
• Attend interviews under caution, conferences, site visits, trials, and inquests, including taking photographs and preparing basic statements.
• Research Mental Health Act guidance, corporate structures, procedures, risk assessments, and relevant case materials while ensuring compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct.

Requirements

• Qualified Solicitor or at least 2 years of experience in regulatory work, mental health hospital matters, or care and nursing home inquests.
• Ability to prioritise workloads, maintain attention to detail, and work effectively with case management systems.
• Sensitive and professional approach when dealing with insured clients in difficult circumstances.
• Strong telephone, written, communication, literacy, and IT skills.
• Calm under pressure, self-confident, adaptable, and able to work effectively within a team.
• Ability to work within the Keoghs Shared Values framework and maintain required client service levels.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working environment within a legal and claims services business.
• hirify.global Incentive Plan and 25 days of annual leave, increasing with service, with the option to buy or sell up to 3 days.
• Private medical insurance, healthcare cash plan, income protection, critical illness cover, death-in-service benefit, and pension contributions.
• 24/7 online GP, mental health, wellbeing, financial, and legal support through WeCare.
• Cycle to Work, Tech Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Gym Flex, and retail and leisure discounts after probation.

Hiring process

• Application and CV review.
• Initial phone call followed by an interview.
• Offer and hiring stages.