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In-house Law Costs Draftsman - Essex, Greater London

Employer
Clayton Legal
Location
England, Essex
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
22 Jun 2017
Reference
CMS028288'2002

Job Details

Are you a Law Costs Draftsman with between 18 months' and 4 years' experience in Costs? Have you dealt with Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Legal Aid and/or Inter-Partes Claimant Costs files? Are you looking for an in-house role with a Legal 500 law firm? If so, keep on reading!

My client is a respectable and highly-awarded law practice with offices in the City and Greater London area. They currently have an opening for an ambitious and talented Law Costs Draftsman; the vacancy is based in Essex. The successful candidate will have experience in the following:

- drafting Schedules of Costs and high-value Bills of Costs for Provisional and Detailed Assessment,
- critically assessing Points of Dispute and drafting Replies,
- preparing Precedent Q,
- drafting Costs Budgets (Precedent H),
- conducting successful negotiations ensuring the best recoveries of Costs are achieved.

The salary for the role will be based on experience; if you are potentially interested in this vacancy, please follow the link provided to apply. I will then contact you to discuss further.

Company

With long-established, and trusted relationships across a client base that includes Legal 500, Top 200, Regional and Boutique law firms, our team are passionate about driving service excellence across the business and impacting the careers, and lives, of legal talent across the country.

What we specialise in

We cover the length and breadth of the UK from Lancashire to London, Hampshire to Hull, and we recruit at all levels including; Partners, Solicitors, Paralegals, Legal Support Staff including Legal Cashiers, Legal IT, Marketing and Business Development and general administration.

We place legal professionals across the full spectrum of practice areas and specialisms, including:

  • Property – Residential, Commercial, Real Estate
  • Litigation, Civil and Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Employment
  • Personal Injury Including all areas of Negligence
  • Private Client including Trusts, Wills & Probate
  • Family
  • Compliance and Regulatory
  • Banking
  • Cost Lawyers
  • Practice Management/Legal Cashiers

Our regional teams ensure that firms are guaranteed local and regional focus whilst having access to a national talent pool of opportunities. Our teams are focused in:-

  • The North West
  • Yorkshire /Humberside and Scotland
  • The West and East Midlands 
  • London and the Home Counties
  • The South West

Why Clayton Legal?

  • We’re genuinely experts in our field servicing the length and breadth of the UK, our knowledge of the local, regional and national legal market is unparalleled.
  • We give the personal touch – our Consultants are personable, yet committed – you can rest assured you’re dealing with a person throughout the process and not just a name at the end of a line.
  • We are often instructed on unique opportunities in the market that you won’t find on job boards.
  • We add value where we know it’s needed – with general career advice, top tips and resources through every step of the journey.
  • Expert career advice guiding you through every step of the journey to secure your next career move including expert advice on salary, interview capability, offer management through our regular contact.
  • We provide regular market information including salary data and bespoke reports.

We take our role in the placing of legal professionals into their dream jobs extremely seriously, understanding implicitly the importance of listening to requirements, working in their best interest at all times, and giving them the tools and resources, they need at every step of the journey – for a successful outcome for all parties.

So, if you’re an ambitious candidate looking to make your next move, we’re here to help. Visit our website www.clayton-legal.co.uk or email us at enquiries@clayton-legal.co.uk

 

 

 

 

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