Junior Barristers' Clerk

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom ABC Chambers Solutions Full time

Junior Clerk (Ref:1732)
£27,960

London


Our client is a leading set of barristers Chambers, operating in the civil law arena with a staff team of 40 and a barrister membership of over 120.

Chambers is based in the Temple and has recently moved back into fully refurbished offices overlooking Middle Temple Gardens.

All applicants are requested to complete an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion form, available here**
General duties include:To be responsible to the Senior Clerk through the junior clerk team leader.

  • Assisting the junior clerk team leader in the preparation of and collection of papers for the daily Court runs, ensuring that there are sufficient trolleys for each day's Court runs. To maintain full contact with the team leader through the working day and ensure that tasks carried out, whether inside or outside Chambers, are done quickly and efficiently and that the integrity of Chambers is maintained.
  • Attending Court with members of Chambers (as directed by the junior team leader or his
- /her deputy) collecting and delivering barristers' papers and books as required. This task is to be carried out in good time on each occasion to avoid inconvenience or undue concern to members of Chambers.

  • To ensure, as directed by the team leader or another member of the main clerking team, that lists of authorities or other documents, if produced by a member of chambers or member ofstaff, are delivered to the court in accordance with the relevant court/tribunal practice direction and served on any opponent as directed by barrister or member of staff.
  • To run errands as and when requested by the junior clerk team leader or a member of the clerking team, such as dropping off hardcopies of documents to other Chambers. To make yourself familiar with the layout of the Royal Courts of Justice, and the location of the various tribunals attended throughout London.
  • Under direction, to ensure the lodging with the Court of all relevant court documents, including written Skeleton Arguments, and the service or exchange of Skeleton Arguments with opponents as required in accordance with the relevant court/tribunal practice direction or as directed by barrister or a member of staff.
  • To take collective responsibility for the collection of incoming documents and deliveries from Reception; liaising with the receptionists in sending out urgent documents/packages, ensuring that incoming documents are distributed to the barristers in Chambers every 30 minutes. To ensure that receipt of all new delivered post is brought to the attention of the junior clerk team leader or his/her deputy. To learn and understand the importance of Chambers' procedures relating to confidentiality and information barriers and to ensure that all hand deliveries to barristers within Chambers comply with those procedures.
  • Whilst not responsible for the collection and delivery of post, to have a proper understanding of the Post room role in Chambers; to provide cover for the post room staff as required, and to include knowledge of the processes for the collection and delivery of the post or DX when required.
  • Liaising with the Post room when photocopying is required; to understand the operation of the photocopying machines in the event that the post room staff are not available and to be able to provide cover in the event of photocopying work overload, holidays or sickness; to liaise with the post room staff in their maintenance of the stock of stationary within Chambers; to participate with post room staff in the collection of papers and boxes when returning to clients.
  • To liaise with the post room operatives over the dispatch and retrieval of papers from archive and to understand that process.
  • To ensure that the floors and corridors of Chambers are kept clear, in order that no empty boxes of empty files are left outside barristers' rooms and to assist the post room staff in this duty if requested.
  • With the assistance of the Librarian, to research and prepare authorities bundles as requested, obtaining law reports from various libraries; to be able (with training as necessary) to use case data buses for the purposes of locating case reports; to collect and distribute books and law reports returning library books to the library and to members of Chambers as required and to tidy and maintain the tidiness of the library shelving in Chambers (when the librarian is not present).
  • To send and receive faxes as requested and to monitor the maintenance of the fax printer and the copy/printer in the clerks' room, ensuring that all machines in the clerks' room are filled with paper at the end of each working day.
  • To ensure that the barristers' timesheets are filed in hard copy or electronically and sent to archive as necessary.
  • To answer telephones and relay messages as requested.
  • To activate the Chambers' telephone night service at the end of the day.
  • To check that the barristers' pigeon holes are fully acce

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