Costs Lawyer/Draftsperson

Costs, Lawyer, Solicitor, Draftsperson, Draftsman


The Firm
This is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 850 people including 185 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation. They act as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

Role overview
The Health team have been growing year-on-year with a team of over 150 lawyers and national coverage. They are one of the leading firms providing legal advice and support to the NHS and independent healthcare organisations. There is also opportunity to assist both the Marine Business Group and Business Services Group with their costs requirements. This will involve dealing with a wide scope of costs requirements including costs budgeting and costs negotiation of high value commercial litigation and arbitrations.

The Team
The Costs Team are built up of experienced costs litigation professionals based across London, Liverpool and Manchester. With extensive experience of dealing with high value costs ligation, costs budgeting, appeals, group litigation and technical challenges. Their experienced advocates regularly attend national court hearings across the country.

Key responsibilities:

• The successful candidate will be expected to provide dedicated costs support for litigation lawyers across several UK and International offices.
• Responsible for the management of a complex, high value caseload the individual will be drafting and considering costs estimates in arbitration and high court disputes, schedules of costs, bills of costs/budgets, negotiating costs to settlement, preparing costs submissions in arbitration proceedings and some advocacy.
• The role involves dealing with both adverse and recovery costs claims on predominantly multi track and arbitration matters.
• This role requires a self-starter with the confidence to work autonomously, working on files from start to finish.

The Ideal Candidate
The firm are looking for an experienced Costs Draftsperson or Costs Lawyer with a proven and demonstrable legal career in costs with experience dealing with high value claims. Experience of marine and shipping claims would be useful. Essential:

• Extensive experience working as a Costs Draftsperson handling your own caseload
• Experience of drafting points of dispute, points of reply, costs budgets and bills of costs
• Experience of preparing detailed costs estimates and security for costs applications
• Attendance at CCMC hearings
• IT literate, particularly Excel, to include knowledge of using Costsmaster
• Up to date knowledge of the CPR and legislation
• Management of own caseload
• Excellent communication, organisation and research skills
• Adherence to guidelines and procedures
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• A flexible approach to work
• Ability to work as a team and independently

Benefits:

• 25 days' annual leave
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Flexible, agile and home working
• BUPA
• Permanent health insurance
• Flexible pension scheme
• Medicash
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Life assurance
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Dress for your day policy
• Training and development opportunities
• Financial contribution towards home working equipment

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