Law costs Draftsman

Location
England, Derbyshire, Chesterfield
Salary
£23000 - £32000 per annum
Posted
05 Feb 2018
Closes
05 Mar 2018
Ref
BBBH8944
Contact
Robert Addy
Job Title
Legal Executive
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

This is an excellent opportunity for a Law Costs Draftsman to join an established and expanding law firm in Chesterfield. Due to a large volume of new work, our client is looking for a skilled costs drafts person to join its highly reputable claimant costs team in its Chesterfield office.


Our client has been providing a comprehensive legal costs service for over a decade and have offices across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The practice is regularly involved in multi-party class actions and multi million pound claims in a variety of areas including commercial disputes, clinical negligence and personal injury claims.



The Role
- You will be required to hit the ground running with a varied clinical negligence and personal injury costs caseload
- You will be mainly drafting bills for multi-track Clinical Negligence and possibly some Commercial Disputes costs work
- If you have advocacy experience then you will also be expected to undertake advocacy when necessary
- This is an opportunity to join an innovative and supportive team environment and develop your advocacy experience if this is a skill gap for you.

The Candidate
-You must have at least around 2 years' experience drafting personal injury and clinical negligence bills
-You should also be conversant in budgeting, multitrack work and CCMC's.
-Advocacy is desirable but not essential.

The Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Onsite free parking