Costs Draftsperson

Kennedys is looking for a Costs Draftsperson to join the Costs team in the Sheffield or Manchester office.

**Team**

Kennedys' Costs Team work with insurers, self-insured corporates, local authorities and government departments, providing a full range of costs solutions to the firm's clients. They handle everything from technical fixed costs disputes, motor and disease claims through to high value and complex personal injury, immigration, professional indemnity, insurance coverage and arbitration matters.

**Clients**

The team acts for a wide variety of clients ranging from large composite insurers to local authorities and large corporate self-insured.

**Cases**

The team acts for the Liability Defence, Insurance and Healthcare division providing costs advice on negotiating, budgeting and recovery of personal injury and general costs insurance matters. The team are often instructed on complex and high profile cases.

**Required experience**
- 1-2+ years' experience in costs work gained in a claimant or defendant environment
- A good attention to detail and the ability to deal with a varied caseload
- Legal experience gained within either a Claimant or Defendant environment
- Excellent communication and organisation skills
- Experience of drafting Points of Dispute and Replies, negotiating precedent H budgets
- Experience of drafting electronic bills of costs and using Costsmaster software

**About Kennedys**

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,400 people worldwide across 44 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

**What do we have to offer?**

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable,straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

We develop careers in an innovative and collaborative global environment, with our values at the core. We believe that supporting individual growth and development puts us in the best position to attract and retain talented individuals. Regardless of role or level, everyone has access to virtual learning to help you develop your skills, wherever you are in the world. A variety of other exciting opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices as well as a comprehensive benefits package (details are available upon request).

We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust. We deeply value the relationships we build with our clients and we know that they value our warm, friendly human approach. We are here to provide answers, recommendations, strategy and tactics.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.