Law Cost Draftsperson

My client are looking to hire a Legal Cost Draftsperson to join their team, The successful candidate will be responsible for drafting bills/claims accurately, ensuring maximum recovery of fees and to provide support to the billing team and fee earners where necessary.

Key responsibilities

• Drafting Bills of costs - including completed N252
• Drafting Costs Budgets
• Drafting Schedules of costs
• Preparing Statements of costs
• Preparation of Costs estimates
• Preparation of Points of Dispute and Replies
• Negotiating Settlement of Costs
• Request for default costs certificates
• Request for provisional assessment

Civil Legal Aid

• CLAIM1/CLAIM1As and CLAIM2 forms
• CCMS Billing
• Bills of costs for Court assessment for payment by the LAA
• Bills of costs to be recovered from a paying/losing party and the LAA
• High-cost case plans - Fully Costed and Events Based
• Legal Help claims and Escape Fee Claims
• Appeals against LAA assessments and rejections
• Representation at court for review and assessment hearings
• Post assessment certificates, claims and EX80 forms

Criminal Legal Aid

• Ex-post facto claims
• Fixed fee claims
• Non-standard fee magistrates' court claims (CRM7)
• Defendant Costs Orders
• Preparation of representations/appeals against assessments
• Wasted Costs Application

Training & support for fee earners

• Advising fee earners
• Create and maintain a library of costs laws and procedures and alert fee earners and the team to changes impacting on their work.
• Assist with creating and maintaining training and guidance material.

Other

• Achieving agreed monthly profit costs target
• Cradle to Grave Service on selected cases
• Provide regular updates to fee earners on their Cradle to Grave cases
• Preparing Bundle in support of Bills/Claims
• Maintain efficient and effective filing system
• Deal with queries from fee earners regarding funding and costs
• Troubleshooting

Person specification

Experience and education

• Must have at least three year's costs drafting experience within a law firm or specialist costs drafting company
• Understanding and knowledge of Solicitor's Accounts Rules
• Strong understanding of CPR and Case Law
• Understanding and knowledge of LAA and other public funding methodologies
• Understanding and knowledge of CFAs
• Ideally a Member of the ACL

If this role sound interesting to you please get in touch