Trainee Legal Assistant - Ipswich, United Kingdom - Pertemps Cambridge

Description

Trainee Legal Assistant required to join and support the Personal Injury Team based in IpswichStarting salary £20,800Office basedMon to Fri 9-5pmModern office space with lots of company benefitsCareer progressionAs a Personal Injury Support Assistant you will support Personal Injury team on a day to day basis.

• Assisting with post and communications
• Co-ordinating photocopying and filing for the team in conjunction with Central Office Services
• Preparation of forms and paperwork necessary for the conduct of client files, to include file closing and opening
• Day-to-day support to fee earners
• File work
• Working closely with the PI team to input all data received from claimants and submit claims on behalf of the fee earners
• Sending instructions to medical agencies for treatment and/or appointments
• Requesting medical records
• Collecting ID documents from clients and liaising with the Central File Opening team to ensure all client files are opened
• Dealing with requests for information; checking archived files for payments etc
• Updating clients regularly on behalf of the team
• Calls to/from clients, third parties and medical agencies

Other duties

• Maintain each client file in accordance with the requirements of the firm's ISO standard, benchmarks and the SRA
• Attend any relevant meetings
• Run monthly reporting and distribute to appropriate external recipients