Motoring Law Assistant

3 weeks ago

Salford, United Kingdom Simpson Judge Full time
Job Title: Motoring Law Assistant

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Motoring Law Assistant to join our team at Simpson Judge. As a key member of our team, you will provide comprehensive legal support to our Paralegals and Solicitors, working in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Answering calls and taking new enquiry details swiftly and accurately
  • Obtaining and combining dates of availability for trial Counsel and Experts daily
  • Resulting cases in court the same day
  • Opening client files upon receipt of instructions
  • Booking Counsel and Experts daily to attend all court hearings
  • Chasing responses daily as instructed, from the courts, prosecution, police, GP surgeries, hospitals, clients, witnesses etc.
  • Chasing and taking payments from clients, raising invoices
  • Drafting correspondence and documents daily to assist the case handlers
  • Contacting the court daily to confirm listing details for all hearings in court the next working day then confirming listing details to all parties required to attend
  • Collating and sending briefs to counsel and/or chambers for all court hearings
  • Collating case law cited in skeleton arguments/applications and producing corresponding index of enclosures
  • Preparing claims to recover costs from the court for clients at the end of successful cases

Person Requirements:

  • An optimistic mind-set/approach
  • Enthusiastic, passionate & motivated by helping others
  • Reliable - punctual with an outstanding attendance rate
  • Resilient
  • Proactive and highly productive
  • Accountable and solution orientated
  • Approachable and non-judgmental of our clients and the allegations they face often including drink driving and drug driving
  • Strict adherence to our duty of confidentiality
  • A preference of working as a team rather than independently

Skills and Competencies:

  • At least 3 years' administrative experience is essential (legal is preferable)
  • At least 2 years' experience using Proclaim or an equivalent case management system is essential
  • Strong IT skills including using Outlook, Word and Excel
  • Excellent communication skills including telephone customer service
  • Strong prioritisation skills - an awareness of urgency in the industry we work in
  • Strong organisation skills - experience of responding and dealing with all emails/instructions the same day (no backlog of more than 24 hours)

Qualifications:

  • GCSE's in English, Maths and IT at Grade C or above

Training:

  • We hold the position of the market leader in the niche of motoring law. This is a highly technical area of criminal law where even the most experienced general crime solicitors have little knowledge of the various strategies we apply to our cases.
  • Our Legal Assistants are not here to do general basic admin, often the case at large law firms, the role is much more comprehensive and fast paced as detailed above. We expect very high standards and maintain those with regular performance management and training for all new starters regardless of experience

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