Costs Lawyer
- Employer
- ENL Legal Recruitment
- Location
- Shropshire
- Salary
- £30000 - £50000 per annum
- Closing date
- 15 Oct 2020
- Reference
- 215281550
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- Practice area
- Costs
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 5 years
- Position
- Legal finance & costs
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
SENIOR COSTS LAWYER/DRAFTSMAN:
The firm currently have an opportunity for either a Costs Draftsperson or a Costs Lawyer to join the team. The role will involve handling a costs caseload that will include a broad and varied mix of civil and commercial costs recovery work, with the main focus being on costs management work. In addition, you will be required to undertake all work associated with bills of costs and points of dispute. You will be dealing with a substantial client base, including some high value work. You will be required to prepare your own bills and follow the costs process through to detailed assessment where necessary as well as supervise and develop the Costs Team. You will help shape and improve the firms costs offering and practice / client service and will ensure a consistent costs strategy is being utilised by all Fee Earners. The successful applicant will be expected to monitor and manage a panel of external costs lawyers, as well as developing and line managing a costs team. You will have a minimum of six years' experience in a Costs Lawyer role and demonstrable experience of managing a team and developing people along with experience of claimant and defendant costs. Experience of drafting bills of costs and budgets for Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence cases is essential along with cost negotiation and advocacy experience.
HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Grace Oliver at eNL on 0121 454 1004 or email grace.oliver@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. eNL is handling a number of Cost vacancies throughout the UK. If you are a Costs Lawyer looking for a move, please call now.
eNL has a number of permanent, locum and consultant vacancies for private practice law firms, the public sector and FTSE in-house organisations, throughout England & Wales. If you are legally qualified or in a legal business support role and considering a career move, do get in touch, or go to https://www.enllegal.co.uk/enl/register-with-us to register your interest. In addition, if you know any legal professionals that may be interested in a new role, remember we do offer up to £500 referral fee bonus (T&C's apply).
Company
Since 1999 eNL Legal has been providing job seeking legal professionals with insight, guidance and support through the recruitment process. Setting us apart from the competition is our truly personalised, tailored and confidential service.
Our friendly team are highly experienced and successful in placing the right candidates into the right jobs with the right clients. All eNL consultants work to the highest standards, ensuring long-lasting client relationships that result in access to exclusive vacancies with the most prestigious law firms and in-house legal teams.
Whether you are an NQ Solicitor or an experienced Partner, seeking a permanent position or a locum role, the eNL Legal team are on hand to guide you through the process of finding the jobs most suited to you throughout the UK.
- Website
- https://www.enllegal.co.uk/
- Location
-
7 George Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 1NP
GB
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