Costs Draftsman - Leading Firm
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
- Salary
- Up to £30000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 30 Aug 2019
- Reference
- BBBH26981
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- Practice area
- Personal injury
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
A great opportunity has arsien for an experienced Costs Draftsman to join one of the fastest growing teams within this leading defendant law firm.
You will be joining a team of experienced costs litigation professionals based across the UK. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience of dealing with high value costs ligations, costs budgeting, appeals and technical challenges.
Scope of the role:
- The successful candidate will be expected to provide dedicated costs support for litigation lawyers across several UK offices.
- Responsible for the management of a varied caseload the individual will be reviewing bills of costs, drafting points of dispute, drafting schedules of costs, bills of costs/budgets, negotiating costs to settlement, preparing and ideally attending CCMCs/detailed assessment hearings if required.
- The role involves dealing predominantly with both adverse costs claims on multi track matters.
- This role requires a self-starter with the confidence to work autonomously, working on files from start to finish.
Costs Draftsman from claimant law firms will also be considered. If you have any questions please contact Connor at QED on 0161 961 90000 to discuss further.
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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