Industrial Disease Junior Paralegal
- Employer
- Bailey Hunter Ltd
- Location
- Pontefract, West Yorkshire
- Salary
- Negotiable depending on experience
- Closing date
- 18 May 2018
- Reference
- LSG2422
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- Practice area
- Personal injury, Industrial disease
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Newly qualified, 1 year, 2 years
- Position
- Paralegal
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Well established law firm requires a Junior Paralegal for its’ Industrial Disease department based in Pontefract.
Duties will include:
- Attendance on clients and others in order to take statements, obtain information, make appointments and complete Legal Aid Agency (LAA) forms.
- Liaise between clients and experts and between clients and supervisor and with the other side as requested.
- Dealing with client queries and reporting to the appropriate fee earner.
- Preparing standard legal forms.
- Preparing and filing court documents
- Fixing dates for Court hearings and liaising with Counsel and court to find mutually convenient dates.
- Arranging conferences with Counsel and liaising with client, solicitor, barrister and experts.
- Preparation of bills and/or liaise with costs draftsman.
- Preparing LAA forms.
- Liaise with The Accident Line as requested
- Carry out benefit queries and deal with call queries
- Liaise with Welfare Benefits Advisor and accounts department as required.
- Obtain periodic payments on account as agreed by the fee earner.
- Carry relevant searches.
- To undertake other duties such as researching law, searching old files, obtaining documents, transporting clients, running errands and supporting fee earners as and when required.
You will need:
- Good client care skills.
- GCSE English grade C or above.
- Experience of working in an Industrial Disease or PI department in a law firm advantageous.
- Commitment to become fully knowledgeable in Industrial Disease Law through undertaking relevant training.
Office hours are 9.00am until 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am until 5.00pm Friday.
Salary is negotiable depending on experience plus 20 days holidays plus bank holidays (plus 4 days over Christmas) and company pension scheme after 3 months.
Company
Bailey Hunter Ltd offers a confidential legal recruitment service to all levels of fee earners including Paralegals, Legal Executives, Solicitors and Partners.
We have established relationships with numerous clients, private practice, from niche small to medium-sized practices to large national firms, and in-house companies.
We handle assignments throughout the UK.
1. Claire Cox, the Managing Director, is a qualified Solicitor, having practised for 3 years as a Solicitor in the North East, and has since 2001 worked in legal recruitment at fee earner level throughout the UK.
2. We also offer a Candidate Incentive Scheme. For each friend you refer and we place in a new role, you will receive £100 of gift vouchers (provided they are not already registered, of course).
For a confidential discussion, contact us now:
T: 0113 3185293
M: 07786 224036
W: www.baileyhunter.com
E: clairecox@baileyhunter.com
- Website
- http://www.baileyhunter.com/
- Telephone
- 0113 3185293
- Location
-
4-6 Lidgett Lane,
Garforth,
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS25 1EQ
GB
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