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- Reporting to supervisor in weekly review meetings
- Working to a caseload, WIP and fee targets
- Reviewing and negotiating fixed costs cases
- Drafting letters, Costs Schedules, Part 23 Applications and Part 8 Proceedings
- Skeleton arguments and written submissions. Liaising with fee earners and management
- Providing assistance to other team members as and when required.
- Progressive Management a caseload
- Securing payments on account of costs at the earliest opportunity
- Ensure that the quality of work produced is to the highest standard
- Reviewing costs schedules/bills with a view to negotiating Claimants costs, generally disputed fixed costs cases, and settling costs files in a timely manner
- Negotiating settlement of costs and reporting terms of settlement
- Preparing bills/Part 23 Applications and/or Replies to Points of Dispute in fixed costs cases
- Drafting Part 8 and Part 23 Proceedings
- Preparing cases for assessment hearings
- Attending costs hearings where appropriate
- Provide technical support to the costs team on fixed costs disputes
- Maintaining the highest client care and service standards.
- A good working knowledge of fixed costs claims and the costs process
- A good working knowledge of CPR Cost related procedures, Pre-Action Protocols, and case law for fixed costs disputes
- 2 to 5 years’ experience of case handling and working to target
- Ability to deal with advocacy at costs hearings on fixed costs matters (not essential but desirable)
- Good commercial awareness and a professional attitude
- Ability to work to time scales and cope under pressure
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work within a team
- Excellent time management skills
- Good IT skills, experience of Proclaim, Excel and Cost Master is desirable.
- Salary of £30,000 to £40,000, dependent on experience
- Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.
