Job Title: Junior Barrister's Clerk
Location: Sharston, M22 4SN
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum
Job type: Full time, Permanent
About Us:
Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide and are currently ranked 70 out of more than 10,000 law firms. We have a 5-star rating on Trustpilot from over 6,500 reviews, which coming from our clients means a lot to us. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is the core of our business.
About The Role:
The Advocacy department are looking to recruit a Junior Barrister's Clerk to support our friendly team of 15.
The position is required to support our experienced Senior Barrister's Clerk with the department's diary management, reporting, assessing, allocating incoming work, and further ad hoc administrative tasks.
Responsibilities:
1. Use of LEX case management System
2. Logging in briefs for all fast-track matters
3. Sending papers to counsel
4. Taking instructions for in-house counsel from our lawyers. This can differ from Trials, MOJ's, small claims, and Telephone hearings
5. Diary management
6. Organising couriers for counsel
7. Checking court ...