Employment Paralegal: DSAR & e-Discovery Specialist in London

The London Employment team acts for an enviable range of market leading, household name clients across the financial services, technology, commercial and healthcare sectors. The team has cemented a strong reputation in the market and is recognised as a Band 1 practice in Legal 500 UK rankings, and sits within a top rated national group.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking a wide range of document management activities, with a particular focus on more complex and document-heavy exercises.
• This includes the full range of disclosure tasks in litigated cases and also conducting first and second level reviews of employee data subject access requests (DSARs) under data protection legislation, with a view to taking greater responsibility and ownership for DSAR review exercises over time.
• Both may involve formulating and applying search terms to electronically held data provided by the client, sifting and reviewing raw data for relevance (whether through e-discovery platforms or other electronic means), identifying non-relevant/privileged/business confidential material, collation, redaction and indexing ready for production, and working collaboratively with clients' IT / discovery management personnel.
• Considering evidence to establish relevant witnesses and checking availability.
• Drafting agendas and lists of issues for case management hearings.
• Assisting with the drafting of COT3 and settlement agreements.
• Drafting briefs to counsel and liaising with barristers and clerks.
• Drafting applications to Employment Tribunals and liaising with Tribunals on day-to-day case management.
• Drafting costs applications and preparing schedules of loss/costs.
• Regular liaison with other paralegals, trainees and lawyers to ensure the efficient management of caseloads and deadlines.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• A good academic record with a 2.1 in Law or a related subject.
• Previous experience of working as a paralegal within an employment team.
• Preferably with practical experience of handling larger scale disclosure and/or employee DSARs, including the core steps as set out in the section above.
• Familiarity with e-disclosure tools and platforms would also be preferable, but not essential.
• A confident communicator and a good team-player with a collaborative mindset.
• Able to deal effectively with internal and external contacts with strong verbal and written communication.
• Close attention to detail and an eye for quality.

Additional Information

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