Costs Paralegal (5910)

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Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

The Costs Team provides a service to our fee earners who deal with the recovery of costs in contentious practice areas. Their primary aim is dealing with the preparation of bills of costs, negotiation and advocacy within the detailed assessment of costs proceedings. Our Costs structure gives our costs lawyers an unrivalled breadth of experience including areas of law as diverse as personal injury, commercial litigation, family cases and Court of Protection. Working as a Costs Paralegal, you'll provide invaluable key case support to both Law Costs Draftsmen as well as Administrators. This is a hybrid role, working out of our Sheffield office location.

Responsibilities

• Prepare schedules of costs
• Prepare bundles and e‐file documents with Courts
• Deal with Court Fee remission enquiries and procedures
• Deal with relevant case correspondence – compose letters on case handler's request, respond independently to correspondence including chase‐up letters, acknowledgement letters etc., ensure appropriate enclosures attached to letters; instructions to counsel

Qualifications

• Experience preparing schedules of costs
• Experience preparing Court bundles
• Confidence to work with different stakeholders and client base
• Experience using Excel, Adobe and case management systems

Employment Screening

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's onboarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders. We carry out pre‐employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks in accordance with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Benefits

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays – you can 'buy' up to 35 hrs of extra holiday
• Generous and flexible pension schemes
• Volunteering days – two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services
• Well‐being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported
• Flexible By Choice programme provides a hybrid working arrangement where appropriate
• Ranked in the Best Workplaces for Well‐being for Large Organisations for 2024

Workplace Culture

We have consistently committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish. We have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono initiatives.