Costs Draftsperson - London, United Kingdom - Bolt Burdon Kemp

Bolt Burdon Kemp

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Closing date:

11/08/2023
Term:
Permanent
Working hours:
Fulltime
Department:
Legal Costs
Location:
London
The firm

Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP is highly regarded for running compensation claims for seriously injured people. Our solicitors and paralegals handle complex and challenging multi-track work within specialist teams.

We pride ourselves on providing a high-quality service and for employing talented staff who are serious about developing their careers with us.

We are ranked in the leading independent legal directories for our fields of work and are passionate about making Bolt Burdon Kemp the best place to work.

The department

Our specialist Legal Costs team have a new vacancy.

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Costs Lawyer or a Costs Draftsperson working towards qualification to join our highly acclaimed Legal Costs team.

This would be an ideal position for someone with at least 6 months Legal Costs experience.

Other information

Your duties will include:

Drafting bills of costs, replying to points of dispute, and preparing costs budgets;
Communicating with internal teams, barristers and opponents;
Preparing written submissions justifying legal costs;

You will ideally:

Be a qualified costs lawyer or have a law degree, LPC and/or CILEX qualifications;
Have strong verbal and written communication skills;
Be hard working with good analytical and organisational skills to manage and prioritise a busy workload;
Be comfortable working to deadlines and targets;
Possess excellent IT skills particularly in relation to using Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word;
Have some relevant legal experience gained within a Costs team and previous experience as a Costs Lawyer will be highly advantageous, but not essential.

As this role requires someone with previous experience within this field, you will have a good understanding of the Civil Procedure Rules, and we will continue to support and develop your knowledge in Legal Costs.

In return we will give you the opportunity to excel by providing training, support, supervision and responsibility to match your experience.

If you demonstrate drive and commitment and are still pursuing qualifications (solicitor/CILEx/ACL), we will support you in completing them.

Our working environment is demanding, friendly and very flexible.