Senior Costs Advocate

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Slater Gordon Group, are recruiting experienced Senior Costs Advocate to join our specialist legal costs consultancy division, Compass Costs Solutions working within our costs offices based in Manchester.

 

Responsibilities;

 

• Conducting high value cost litigation including attendance at Detailed Assessments, Cost Budget hearings, Application Hearings to deal with technical issues. Ability to deal with directions.
• Detailed knowledge of case law and civil procedure rules.
• Ability to provide training on a wide range of topics.
• Working with clients to provide advice and a strong knowledge of working with business critical issues such as retainers, compliance, funding and regulatory issues.
• Drafting Points of Dispute, Replies to Points of Dispute, skeleton arguments, applications, retainers.
• Assisting colleagues and clients on a daily basis to provide guidance and technical input.
• A varied and demanding caseload.

 

About You;

 

• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in legal costs litigation
• Experience of handling your own costs caseload from start to finish
• Experience of drafting bills of costs; costs budgets; and points of reply/dispute
• Costs negotiation skills and experience
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Up to date knowledge of CPR and legislation
• IT literate including knowledge of using costs drafting software e.g. Costsmaster or IDraft
• Consistently high client care/service skills
• Strong attention to detail

  

About us

 

Slater Gordon Group is a leading consumer law firm and our mission is to give people easier access to world class legal services. The firm provides specialist legal and complementary services in a broad range of areas and our clients are the centre of it all.

 

How to apply

If you would like to make a formal application please select “Apply now” and follow the online process. Should your application be shortlisted a member of the recruitment team will be in touch.