Court Clerk

Our client is a leading international legal practice. They offer a full business law service from offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

They are looking for a Court Clerk to support the London Dispute Resolution practice by providing procedural expertise and training, and attending court and liaising with court officers as required.

Your responsibilities may include:

- Advising fee earners on litigation processes, procedural rules and court documentation. Ensuring rule changes are communicated to fee-earners and precedents are updated accordingly.

- Drafting Judgments and Orders and assisting with the drafting of Statements of Case. Reviewing documentation prior to filing to ensure correct form.

- Court attendance, including appearing before Masters and Registrars at the Royal Courts of Justice; obtaining approval of consent orders and minutes of order. Attending fixing appointments with Listing Officers, case management conferences and applications; liaising with Listing Officers for the listing of injunctions.

- Efficiently and accurately undertaking litigation procedures including sealing of orders, entering judgments; filing of Statements of Case and allocation questionnaires, lodging bundles, skeleton arguments and Statements of Costs for hearings, and paying Court fees. Carrying out service of process; advising on service inside / outside the jurisdiction and through Service Regulation, Hague Convention and other channels.

- Building and maintaining excellent relationships with Court staff, Listing Officers and Judges Clerks; liaising with Enquiry Agents and Process Servers.

- Drafting, reviewing and updating firm litigation precedents and manuals; training fee-earners in court procedure and practice, and arranging Court tours for trainees.

- Assisting the Know How Lawyers with knowledge management and departmental meetings.

- Dealing with enquiries from client legal teams on court procedure and process

As a successful candidate you will preferably have:

- Experience providing litigation support in a corporate legal environment
- Thorough knowledge of UK court procedures and process
- Excellent knowledge of litigation processes and procedures, especially time critical tasks
- Sound written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build relationships at all levels within the firm and within the court system
- Attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise tasks, manage own work load and remain calm under pressure

Desirably you will also have:

- Experience in a large international legal practice
- Experience in providing group and individual training
- Familiarity with Laserform or a similar system


If you would like to apply for this role or find out more, please apply online (using “Add to job basket”) or contact Kamran Habib at Robert Walters on 0207 509 8670 or Kamran.habib@robertwalters.com quoting the Job Reference JO698569

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Please contact Kamran Habib at Robert Walters, 55 Strand London United Kingdom WC2N 5WR
or on +44 (0) 20 7509 8670

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