Senior Costs Draftsman
5 days ago
**Senior Costs Draftsman**
**Leeds/Manchester**
Plexus Law is a leading defendant law firm that provides innovative, high quality, specialist legal services to insurance companies, corporates, and public sector bodies. Plexus offers clients the full breadth of claims-related legal work, from high volume claims handling through to complex, high value litigation. The firm has over 700 employees and is headquartered in Leeds, with eight additional offices across the UK, in London, Manchester, Evesham, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Chelmsford.
Plexus’s unique technology platform combined with its experienced and proven team of managers and lawyers enables Plexus to deliver an excellent service to its clients, providing critical business information and services to enhance the management of their claims spend.
**Purpose of Role**
Responsible for negotiating, agreeing and settling the legal costs associated with a Court case and for completing post-assessment work.
**Key Aspects of the Role**
- Draft Bills of Costs and N260s
- Draft Points of Dispute and/or Replies to claims for costs.
- Assist in the preparation of costs budgets, advise on costs budgets presented by an opposing party and prepare Precedent Rs with negotiation where appropriate.
- Negotiate Bills including attendance at hearings as required.
- Attendance upon Detailed Assessment Hearing as and when necessary.
- Providing technical/costs guidance to fee earners where required.
- Contribute to the delivery of the key performance targets by achieving own objectives effectively e.g., productivity, leakage, budget, fraud and service targets as appropriate to the Team.
- Effectively use the Firm’s case management system to ensure data held is accurate and up to date.
- Follow agreed processes, policies and procedures to ensure quality and service standards are met and leakage is minimized.
- Provide guidance and support to others in the team so that overall team effectiveness is enhanced.
**Skills and Attributes**
- Qualified costs lawyer, Solicitor or CILEX qualifications.
- Experience working in a litigation environment within a Costs
- Team.
- Experience of handling own costs caseload from start to finish.
- Up to date knowledge of costs case law, CPR and legislation.
- Costs negotiation skills and experience.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Excellent networking and communication skills.
**Benefits**
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays for full time employees, pro-rated for part time employees
- 5% employee pension contribution, 3% employer
- Annual pay review (August)
- Death in service 4 x salary
- Cycle to work (at own cost)
- Annual season ticket loan (rail/bus travel)
- Discounted retail, leisure, and education resources
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