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Senior Litigator application documents - applicants from Northern Ireland

A Senior Litigator acts for the victims of accidents, disease and injury and seeks to establish, assert and enforce their rights through negotiation, mediation or litigation.

A Senior Litigator is competent to identify liability, assess and manage risk, to be self-authorising at all key stages of litigation, and to lead and supervise the work of other PI lawyers.

Become an accredited senior litigator in 4 simple steps

Step 1

Download the relevant Portfolio document and complete the candidate sections.

New applicants - Portfolio

Upgrade for accredited Litigators* - Portfolio

*please note Litigators who gained automatic accreditation through Law Society PI Panel membership prior to October 2012 must apply as new applicants

Step 2

Appoint an assessor. Who can be an assessor?

Step 3

Discuss each section of the Portfolio with assessor who completes the assessor sections.

Step 4

Save or print a copy of the Portfolio to retain in-house. Delete the ‘case names’ column before printing/copying, signing and sending the Portfolio to APIL.