Civil Clerk Barrister's Chambers - Manchester, United Kingdom - Exchange Chambers

Exchange Chambers

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Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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EXCHANGE CHAMBERS

JOB VACANCY - CIVIL CLERK

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Job Title:
Civil Clerk

Reporting to:
Director

Hours of work: 9am to 6pm

Starting salary:
Dependant on experience

Location:
Manchester

Holiday: 25 days per year rising with years of service

Benefits:
Medicash, Pension scheme, and 1-day per week remote working (after probation has concluded)

JOB DESCRIPTION
Exchange Chambers are looking to recruit a Civil Clerk to join the team in Manchester.

With over 200 Barristers including 23 Silks and 60 members of staff, we are one of the largest and most well-resourced Chambers in the UK.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a resourceful, enthusiastic, and highly motivated individual who will work closely as part of a team and provide an excellent service to our members and professional clients.

Experience in Clerking is preferable but not essential.

MAIN DUTIES

To gain an appreciation of the practice of each individual barrister in the Personal Injury team.
To be responsible for managing all designated Barrister's diaries and workload daily.
To build relationships with client firms.
To allocate work efficiently and fairly.
To notify instructing solicitors of any potential clashes on cases and manage accordingly.
To deal with Counsel's billing.
To negotiate fees with instructing solicitors and supply cost estimates on multitrack cases where necessary.
Accurate inputting of agreed costs budgets onto the LEX diary system.
To ensure a CFA is produced on all claimant multitrack cases.
To ensure booking confirmations are sent to instructing solicitors on all hearings and conferences in accordance with Chambers' guidelines.
To ensure conflict checks are conducted on each new case in accordance with Chambers policy.
To ensure all instructions are accurately logged on to LEX system in accordance with Chambers' guidelines.
Attend marketing events and assist in identifying target firms and helping arrange seminars/marketing events where necessary.

PERSON SPECIFICATION