Job Title: Costs Draftsman or Lawyer
Salary: Up to £50,000 DOE
Location: London, Hybrid.
Hours: Full time.
Overview
Top tier international law firm is looking for an experienced Costs Draftsman to join their expanding department. If you have at least a solid 3 years of experience in Legal Costs and you're keen to continue, this is not an opportunity to miss. There are endless progression opportunities while working on high-quality files. They are looking for a motivated, driven, friendly person to work closely with the head of Costs. This firm has one of the best employee benefit packages on the market.
Responsibilities:
1. Work with the head of costs on your own varied caseload of claimant costs files while keeping clients and fee earners updated on the progress.
2. Assist fee earners with costs matters related to Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, industrial diseases, and other niche areas of Civil Litigation, including cost estimates, prospects, and budgets.
3. Prepare cost budgets and summary assessment statements, draft all types of bills of costs, deal with negotiations maximizing cost recovery, and attend Costs Management hearings and detailed assessment hearings.
4. Provide general advice and support related to costs.
5. Prepare all kinds of costs documents such as Precedent H/T, electronic bills, N260, and prepare for detailed assessment proceedings, drafting points of dispute and replies.
Essential Experience:
1. Proficient user of Costs Master as well as general IT software such as Excel, Outlook, and Word.
2. At least 3 years' experience within costs handling claimant matters within Civil Litigation, PI, Clinical Negligence, etc.
3. Ability to run your own busy caseload from start to finish with minimal supervision while prioritizing certain tasks. This includes, but is not limited to, drafting bills, negotiations, dealing with Costs Proceedings, and Advocacy. Advocacy experience is not essential but is preferred.
4. Up-to-date knowledge of the CPR and legislations.
5. Confident to negotiate and influence.
6. Comfortable working to strict deadlines without compromising quality of work and client care.
Beneficial Experience:
1. Ideally, you will be ACL qualified.
2. Previous experience working in-house at a firm of solicitors.
3. Experience managing complex multi-track cost claims.
Some of the Benefits:
1. Enhanced maternity and paternity pay (extended full-time paid leave).
2. 29 days holiday + bank holiday.
3. Qualifications and professional development supported (ACL provided if you are looking to be a qualified costs lawyer).
4. Option to work abroad for 2 weeks of the year.
5. Option to take a sabbatical.
6. Enhanced pension.
7. Private health and medicash plus other vouchers and benefits.
8. Life assurance 4x annual salary.
9. Loads more.
For more details please contact: cait.woodrow-smith@simpsonjudge.co.uk
Job Reference CWS290
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