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We are recruiting for a Costs Lawyer/Costs Draftsman to join our growing Costs team on a full-time basis at our Head Office, in Leeds City Centre.
Role Description
This is a full-time role for a Costs Lawyer/Costs Draftsman at Ison Harrison Solicitors at our Duke House office in Leeds, with flexibility for remote work following probation. The role involves managing a diverse caseload of various cost matters including drafting bills of costs, negotiating settlements, preparing budgets, and points of dispute.
The costs work consists of Claimant clinical negligence, personal injury, inquest, professional negligence, and historic sexual abuse claims along with some Defendant housing disrepair matters.
Ison Harrison are the incumbent winners of the Yorkshire Legal Awards best Clinical Negligence, Inquest, and Personal Injury teams and you can expect to work on good quality cases.
The team works for both internal and external clients, supporting fee earners in managing cost issues proactively, ensuring compliance with procedural rules and funding requirements. The team benefits from admin support to enable you to focus on drafting and negotiating.
Key Skills
1. Exceptional written and drafting skills, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy.
2. The ability to prepare Precedent S Bills of Costs and Precedent H documents.
3. The ability to prepare Points of Dispute and Replies to Points of Dispute.
4. The ability to analyse costs offers, prepare advice on costs issues, and undertake costs negotiations.
5. Flexibility and adaptability in handling a varied caseload, prioritising tasks, and meeting deadlines.
6. Good IT skills and experience of using a case management system.
7. Experience dealing with Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury costs matters is desirable, but not essential.
8. Experience in legal aid work is desirable but not essential.
Salary
Dependent on skills and experience. Please include your current salary and salary expectations within your application.
Location
Duke House, 54 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS12EE
Job Type
Full-time, Permanent
Benefits
Our range of benefits includes:
1. Profit sharing scheme (tax-free on payments up to £3,600 per year), subject to 12+ months employment at the end of the calendar year.
2. Holiday entitlement starting at 23 days, increasing to 26 days after 1 year and 31 days after 5 years’ service (pro-rata for part-time employees).
3. Salary sacrifice pension scheme (subject to HMRC eligibility) with 5% Employer contributions.
4. Death in Service Life Assurance (3 times salary).
5. Private Health Insurance after 1 year’s employment.
6. Enhanced maternity pay after 2 years’ employment.
7. Enhanced paternity pay after 2 years’ employment.
8. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme to support health & wellbeing, including free counselling for employees, family members (household), and their dependants.
9. Paycare Health Cash Plan to help with the cost of optical, dental and other health expenses for employees and their dependants (employee paid contributions).
10. Discounted bus travel.
11. Payroll giving scheme for tax-free charitable donations.
12. £1,000.00 finder’s fee for new employee recruitment referrals.
13. Professional membership/subscription support.
14. Interest-free loan for annual train or bus pass.
15. Free conveyancing on your main residential property after 1 year’s employment.
16. A free will after 1 year’s employment.
17. Regular social events including summer BBQ and a Christmas party.
18. Annual business briefing for the whole firm.
Equal Opportunities
Ison Harrison is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on any grounds other than the ability to carry out the job specification.
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