Asbestos and Occupational Disease Solicitor

• Join the largest team of occupational disease solicitors in the UK, handling high-quality and genuinely meaningful work
• Retraining opportunity for Personal Injury Solicitors with serious injury experience across EL/PL/OL, RTA or Military claims
• Work from Manchester or Sheffield with hybrid working and support from nationally recognised specialists

If you’re a Personal Injury Solicitor looking to develop a genuine specialism, this is an opportunity to build your career within one of the country’s leading Asbestos and Occupational Disease teams.

You’ll join a nationally recognised practice handling complex and rewarding claims for people affected by asbestos exposure and other workplace-related respiratory illnesses. 

You’ll manage your own litigated caseload while working alongside senior specialists on higher-value and more complex matters. The work covers conditions including mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, pleural thickening, occupational asthma and silicosis, giving you exposure to a breadth and quality of work that’s difficult to find elsewhere.

It’s also an opportunity to learn from some of the most respected lawyers in this field. The wider team includes nationally recognised specialists who have spent their careers campaigning for and representing people affected by occupational disease.

Who we’re looking for

• Solicitor with approximately 1–5 years’ PQE
• Experience managing your own claimant litigation caseload
• Serious injury experience across areas such as EL/PL/OL, RTA or Military claims
• Ability to work empathetically with clients and families during extremely difficult circumstances
• Excellent written and verbal communication, drafting and legal research skills
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with Partners and senior colleagues
• Asbestos or Occupational Disease experience (Desired)
• Interest in business development and building relationships with clients and referrers (Desired)

What you’ll be doing

• Managing your own litigated Asbestos and Occupational Disease caseload
• Handling claims involving mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis and pleural thickening
• Working on occupational asthma, silicosis and other workplace-related respiratory claims
• Supporting senior lawyers with complex and high-value cases
• Developing your technical and litigation expertise within a highly specialist practice
• Providing clear, compassionate advice to clients and their families
• Collaborating with colleagues across the wider national team
• Building relationships with clients, referrers and professional contacts

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary depending on experience
• Hybrid working with typically 1–2 days per week in the Manchester or Sheffield office
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Generous and flexible pension
• Two fully paid volunteering days each year
• Health membership providing support towards medical costs
• Extensive wellbeing initiatives
• Strong learning and development support for those retraining into Occupational Disease
• Opportunity to develop within one of the UK’s largest and most highly regarded specialist teams
• Inclusive working environment with established colleague networks and responsible business programmes

Contact Tinashe Muvaki

📩 tinashe.muvaki@realmrecruit.com
📞 03300 245 606