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Rise in personal injury claims creates law jobs

Posted on 05.03.2009

A surge in personal injury claims has sparked a recruitment drive at solicitor Askews, which is looking to create about 40 jobs in two years.

The family practice, which employs 65 people in Redcar and Thornaby, is opening a base in Middlesbrough this year after “huge growth” of work.

Personal injury cases generate 70% of revenue at the practice, which starts its recruitment with three fee-earners, three litigation administrators, a receptionist, office junior and a cashier.

The injury division’s growth allows Askews to avoid redundancies in conveyancing, hit by the property slump. Five staff have moved into litigation.

Managing partner Simon Askew said: “In a period of daily job loss announcements, we are fortunate in being able to redeploy people from less busy areas of law.

And financial services firm Edward Jones, with 10 offices and 75 advisers in the North East, plans to recruit 38 advisers a month nationally. The firm, ranked second in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For, said the move was driven by clients seeking high quality investments.