Legal Aid Billing Assistant

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Duncan Lewis Full time

**Duncan Lewis Solicitors (Ltd)**:
Regulated by the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority, Duncan Lewis Solicitors was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in the City of London (Fenchurch Street EC3M), with offices nationwide. We are recognized by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK independent legal directories as a top-tier law firm - “a diligent and professional team that is prepared to go the extra mile for its clients”. A paperless law firm with over 500 personnel that embraces hybrid-working, we service both corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 areas of law across 60 languages. We give people a voice - that is our ethos.

Choosing a career with Duncan Lewis is choosing a law firm that is the largest provider of publicly funded (legal aid) legal services in the country, has been Investors in People Gold Standard accredited for over 15 years and is continuously applauded nationally for the work that it does.

In 2022 we were named as one of the Times 200 Best Law Firms. In 2021 we were celebrated by the Chambers Europe Award as an ‘outstanding firm’ for diversity and inclusion. In previous years we have been awarded a number of awards, including the Law Society Excellence Award for Large Law Firm of the Year in 2020, Access to Justice at the UK Legal Diversity Awards in 2019 and the Family Law Firm of the Year at the 2015 Family Law Awards, to name just a few. Duncan Lewis is Law Society Lexcel, Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001 Information Management accredited.

Due to a substantial increase in work, our Billing & Costing Department is looking to recruit Legal Aid Billing Assistants to work in our Billing team, which comprises staff based in our City office.

**Main Responsibilities of the Role**:

- Processing files to be sent to external cost draftsmen for bills to be drawn up
- Processing of Legal Aid bills and ensuring files are sent to the Legal Aid Agency without delay
- Processing of bills with enclosures to Supreme Court Costs Office
- Assisting with legal aid payments on account
- Assisting with payment of Invoices
- Processing of bills post assessment and preparing final costs certificate
- Processing bills payable by third parties
- General administration of documents
- filing, scanning and archiving
- Liaising with experts

**Key Skills Required**:

- Good attention to detail
- Excellent numerical skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and to tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent IT skills with ability to process information using relevant software (databases, spreadsheet packages).
- Business acumen

The company will provide training within the department on processing the bills.

The recruitment process will fully comply with GDPR and other applicable laws. Background checks including CRB / DBS checks will establish your eligibility to work in the UK and suitability to the role.

**Equal Opportunities**:
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY AGENCIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THE ABOVE VACANCY

**Disclaimer**

We are the fastest growing firm of Solicitors, with offices across London and the UK. We deal in a wide range of legal services that caters for clients on a public funding or private fee basis. Duncan Lewis is privileged to have several franchises from the Legal Aid Agency.



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