Paralegal | Insurance and Disputes

Location: Perth

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-Dec_2025.pdf)

The Role 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced paralegal to join our Perth Dispute Resolution and Insurance team on a permanent basis. In this role, you will provide support to Melissa Joyce, Partner and her broader team by assisting with a broad range of insurance and liability disputes.

Our practice acts across a broad range of insurance and liability disputes including public and product liability, sensitive claims, workers’ compensation, professional indemnity, employment practices liability, discrimination claims, defamation matters and other complex insured disputes.

You will be largely responsible for preparation of precedent documents (including letters, routine court and WorkCover documents, and settlement documents), arranging medico-legal assessments and preparation of briefs, preparation of lists of discoverable documents and associated inspection and redactions of those documents, preparing summaries of documents and completing other work within the team, as appropriate.

You will be required to work across a variety of high volume matters.

What you need

We welcome applications from candidates with:

• 2+ years' experience working in a similar role;
• Genuine interest in insurance and liability disputes;
• Exceptional client service skills, responsiveness and attention to detail;
• Excellent organisational and time management skills;
• An ability to work in a high volume, deadline driven environment;
• Enthusiasm and a positive, collaborative and proactive approach;
• Resilience and a commitment to excellence that matches our own.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact Alexandra.Hussain@minterellison.com.