About You

• Are you a Finance, Law, Economics or Business Graduate?
• Would you like to try something new and take your career in a new direction?
• Analytical with a methodical attention to detail?

Then our Costs Litigation Assistant role is the new finance job for you!
Don’t worry you don’t need to have experience in law. We believe that your finance experience will give you a great foundation to build on and we will provide full training.
About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our legal team as a Costs Litigation Assistant. You will get involved in:

• Preparation of costs schedules for trial.
• Counting and drafting breakdowns of costs at case conclusion, to assist with recovery of costs from between the parties to litigation and to assist with calculating client charges.
• Liaising with service providers to our clients such as barristers to ascertain final fees and fee estimates.
• Preparation of risk assessments.
• Making telephone calls to progress cases in terms of costs negotiations and payments on account of cost.
• Assisting with the preparation of cost budgets.
• Reviewing the work done for the client and preparing chronologies and descriptions of the steps taken.We offer a Salary of £27,000 per annum, as well as a monthly commission of £200 if targets are achieved.

What are we looking for?

• A degree such as English, History, Law or other similar degree.
• GCSE Maths & English at C grade or above.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• The ability to produce work that is highly accurate with excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to assess and analyse both numerical and written information.
• Be highly motivated, with the ability to work under pressure.
• The ability to work under your own initiative.
• Have a working knowledge of IT systems like Microsoft Office packages.

• Cost Draftsperson – specialising in technical bill drafting work.
• Trainee Cost Lawyer with the recognised qualification from the Association of Cost Lawyers.
• Cost Litigation Executives, handling a case load