Pre Litigation Fee Earner

A young vibrant Law firm is looking to recruit an experienced Pre-Litigation Fee Earner/Paralegal with Credit Hire Experience to join our Road Traffic Accident Team. This role would suit an ambitious individual who can demonstrate excellent levels of client care and provide advice to support clients through their road traffic accident claims.

The successful candidate will have at least 12-18 months previous experience in a similar role, dealing with MOJ Portal cases. Knowledge of credit hire, recovery, storage and liability arguments are essential. The successful candidate will be responsible for running their own case load of around 180 files from the claim being submitted to the portal, right up to litigation - including dealing with liability disputed matters, cases that have dropped from the portal, with minimum supervision. The case load will be primarily RTA matters.

Skills/Experience:

• Dealing with MOJ & OIC Portal matters
• Uploading claims to the MOJ Portal
• Using Med Co and instructing medical agencies
• Conducting AskCue PI searches
• Valuing general damages
• Obtaining documents and evidence in support of general and special damages
• Drafting witness statements
• Recovering credit hire, storage, and recovery charges
• Uploading Stage 2 packs
• Issuing Stage 3 proceedings and preparing Court documents
• Issuing Infant Approval Proceedings
• Identifying when matters should be removed from the MOJ Portal
• Meet monthly and quarterly targets
• Dealing with issues as to why file has left the MOJ Portal
• Conducting investigations to determine the prospect of success of the files
• Preparing the files to be transferred to Litigation Department once Court Proceedings are necessary
• Be vigilant for possible Fundamental Dishonesty and bring it to the attention of the appropriate supervisor
• Meet realistic monthly and quarterly targets

Essential Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Experience of running own case load with minimal supervision
• Excellent IT skills to run case management system and Microsoft Office products such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel etc.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, with a calm and methodical approach to work, and a flexible and adaptable attitude to resolving
• Proactive in running case load and providing updates to clients
• Familiar with the Civil Procedure Rules and the Pre-Action Protocols
• Excellent communication and written skills

Person Specification:

• Good Communicator
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Relationship builder
• Well organised team player

Kinetic Law Offering:

We will offer you a starting salary of £24,000 to £30,000+ per annum plus commission structure benefits package including, but not limited to:

• Contributory pension scheme
• 20 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• Birthday day off after 1st year of service
• Monthly and annual commission
• Employee referral scheme
• Annual awards at end of year party

Hours: 9.00am - 5.00pm - Monday to Friday (Full-time)

Location: Preston

If you have the relevant experience and abilities, this will be an excellent opportunity for you to progress your career by joining a forward-thinking and expanding Law Firm. You will be professionally presented, happy to help and be able to manage a varied caseload.