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Costs Paralegal

2 months ago

Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Costs Paralegal / Administrator to join our team at Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment. As a key member of our Costs team, you will be responsible for delivering a high-quality service to our clients.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist the partner in providing effective and high-quality secretarial support
  • Undertake all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
  • Demonstrate flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
  • Ensure all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
  • Follow team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
  • Collaborate with team members on team processes, procedures, and solutions - ensuring more junior members of the team understand and adhere to these
  • Actively participate in team meetings
  • Drafting Legal Aid bills on Costmaster
  • Submitting Legal Aid bills on CCMS (Client Cost Management System)
  • Submitting appeals
  • Allocating counsel fees
  • Liaising with counsel and external cost draftsman
  • Preparing schedule of costs
  • General billing administration duties
  • Liaising with clients when requested
  • Requesting extensions for PODs, when requested
  • Liaising with opponents re missing documents/information, extensions, and payments, including chasing
Requirements
  • Experience in a costs department is essential
  • IT literate with a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business, and Microsoft Teams
  • Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in billing
  • Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. If you are an experienced Costs Paralegal based in or near Nottingham, please get in touch for confidential consideration.