KP Law Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Litigation Paralegal
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The Firm
Established in 2020, KP Law (previously Keller Postman) is a specialist litigation boutique, focussing on collective redress.
The firm has over 100 employees across offices in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool, representing over 250,000 individual clients across a range of cases in areas such as product liability, competition, worker rights, data breach and privacy and financial services.
The firm’s ethos is to combine the best legal talent with a strong operational and technological platform to enable its clients to pursue cases that could not otherwise be brought against large corporates as a result of their wrongdoing. Uniquely, KP Law is owned and fully financed by a recognised UK litigation funder (Legatus Holdings). All of its cases are for claimants and carried out under contingent fee agreements at no cost or risk to its clients.
KP Law was ranked Tier 1 for Group Litigation: Claimant in The Legal 500 UK Guide 2024. This follows our success in 2023 where we received a commendation for ‘Litigation Boutique Firm of the Year’ at The Lawyer Awards 2023 and won the Race Equality Initiative of the Year at the 2023 Women & Diversity in Law Awards.
The Role
As Paralegal you will become an integral member of the Product Liability team undertaking all facets of administrative and legal casework as directed by your direct report and other firm solicitors.
Role Responsibilities
* Assist with case preparation/progress to include general administrative duties and legal support as directed.
* Telephoning clients to obtain case details, drafting attendance notes and emails to clients as well as maintaining client records.
* Research of developments in any of the matters in which we are working including prospective cases and providing written summaries.
* Updating and maintaining accurate records and files within our case management systems.
* Accurate time-recording.
* Collaboration with our Client Services Team in relation to our clients and prospects including gathering and interrogation of client data and drafting communications to clients.
* Data management and manipulation.
* Support direct report and other solicitors with ad hoc duties as required.
Person Specification
* Previous experience of working as a Litigation Paralegal.
* Highly organised with excellent planning skills and a strong attention to detail.
* Outstanding analytical, innovation, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
* Highly self-motivated with the ability to meet multiple, tight deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic environment with consistently high levels of performance.
* Continuous improvement mindset with a willingness to embrace change.
* Client-centric approach, ensuring exceptional standards of professionalism at all times.
* MS Office skills in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Our approach to our people is underpinned by our commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a richly diverse workforce made up of the best talent in our industry. With a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.
This means that everyone who either applies to or works for KP Law is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs.
Our Values
* We do what we say we will do (both individually and collectively).
* We are transparent and honest.
* We always put our clients first.
* We treat everyone with respect.
* We are professional.
* We listen to feedback and strive for continual improvement.
We offer an attractive benefits package, that employees value, no matter what stage of their career they are in. Current benefits include:
* Annual discretionary bonus scheme.
* Company contributory pension scheme.
* Life assurance.
* Enhanced family friendly policies.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Subsidised gym membership.
* Cycle to Work scheme.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Legal Services
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