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Senior Law Costs Draftsman

Employer
G2 Legal Limited
Location
Leeds
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
27 Jul 2022
Reference
1210877-2-RH-28

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Practice area
Banking and finance, Costs
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
Position
Legal executive, Legal finance & costs, Solicitor
Sector
Private practice
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Job Details

A new opportunity for a Senior Law Costs Draftsman has become available at a friendly, niche, multi-discipline law firm based in the centre of Leeds City Centre.

It is a fantastic, permanent position for a Law Costs Draftsman (Lawyer/Legal Executive/Paralegal) to join a small Costs Team. This is a full time, permanent role, where development and training can be offered for the right candidate. You will be working in a small and friendly department working on both internal costs files and for external solicitor clients.

Main Duties and Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
  • Drafting Inter parts Bills of Costs (to include Precedent S electronic Bills)
  • Drafting Schedule of Costs
  • Drafting Precedent H documents
  • Preparing Points of Dispute/Replies to Points of Dispute
  • Drafting Precedent R and Precedent T documents
  • Assessing costs claims and providing advice to fee earners
  • Negotiating on the settlement of costs
  • Advocacy experience is desirable but not essential
  • Legal aid knowledge is an advantage
Skills/Knowledge Requirements:
  • Working as a Costs professional with a minimum of 5 years’ experience, either in-house or for a specialist costs drafting company
  • Computer literate
  • Excellent communication and IT Skills
  • Experience of costs drafting software, ideally Costsmaster.
  • Experience of drafting inter-parties Bills to include Precedent S Bills, Schedules of Costs, and Precedent H documents
  • Understanding of CPR and Case Law
  • The ability to work on your own with the minimum of supervision
  • Ability to work to deadlines and targets
Benefits:
  • Competitive Salary
  • Automatic enrollment onto the Company’s pension scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Good holiday entitlement
  • Bonus on completion of qualifying period
  • Supportive team environment
If you are a Senior Law Costs Draftsman keen to secure a role with a leading Leeds law firm and meet the above criteria, please apply directly via the link. 

For further information contact Rachael Atherton at G2 Legal.

Company

Since 1999, we’ve been driven by one core passion – matching talent. We’re proud to be one of the UK’s most established legal recruiters with offices across the country and Sydney, Australia. Our dedicated divisions extend across Patent, Trademark & Intellectual Property, Company Secretarial and International roles.

 

We're proud of the strong relationships we've forged with both clients and candidates over the years. Our team have a deep knowledge of their markets, which translates into an exceptional level of service. Our Trustpilot reviews speak for themselves.

 

We believe in matching the right people with the right businesses, and we're proud to have helped every individual advance their careers through us - from starting out as a newly qualified professional all the way to becoming a Partner.

 

Investing in our own people has been a founding principle and we have an ongoing learning and development program to help our staff grow and achieve their career goals. G2 Legal. We believe in 5 core values that we live by, Integrity, Empathy, Innovation, Collaboration and Passion.

For more information on G2 Legal why not browse our selection of jobs on this website or pay a visit to www.g2legal.com to search all our live positions and to receive career and c.v. advice.

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Company info
Website
Telephone
01273289000
Location
15a Brighton Place
 Brighton
East Sussex
bn1 1hj
United Kingdom
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