Job Description
Manage a diverse caseload of high-value costs matters, including PI Multi Track, Serious Injury, Asbestos, Clinical Negligence, and other high-cost matters
Prepare Costs Budgets (Precedent H), Statements of Costs for Summary Assessment (N260s), Estimates, and Formal Bills of Costs
Negotiate costs budgets and bills of costs and settle claims on the best possible terms
Attend Costs CMCs, Detailed Assessment hearings, and application hearings
Work closely with PI Lawyers as part of the legal team and advise on live claims
Liaise and work alongside Junior and Leading Counsel on complex and technical costs matters
Manage own caseload in line with Costs Department protocols and service standards
Support colleagues by providing day-to-day coaching and technical guidance as a "Supervision Buddy"
Contribute to Thompsons Solicitors LLP's national Costs Department and specialist costs teams
Requirements
- Experienced Law Costs professional
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Persuasive advocacy and confident negotiation skills
- Professional telephone manner
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong file management and organisational skills
- Comfortable using standard IT packages such as Outlook and Word
- Experience of Costs Master beneficial
- Qualified Costs Lawyers preferred; applications also welcomed from Chartered Legal Executives and Solicitors
- Significant experience in a wide range of high-value Multi Track personal injury matters ideally
- Good understanding of the CPR
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a team
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in managing high-value costs matters, including Personal Injury Multi Track and Clinical Negligence, while effectively preparing and negotiating costs budgets and bills. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential for collaborating with legal teams and providing guidance to colleagues.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Law Costs Management
- Costs Budgets Preparation
- Negotiation Skills
- Personal Injury Expertise
- CPR Understanding
Hard Skills
- Costs Budgets
- Statements of Costs
- Formal Bills of Costs
- Costs Master
- Detailed Assessment
- Estimates
- Precedent H
- N260s
- File Management
- Attention to Detail
Soft Skills
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Persuasive Advocacy
- Organizational Skills
- Professional Telephone Manner
Certifications & Qualifications
- Qualified Costs Lawyers
- Chartered Legal Executives
- Solicitors
Industry Keywords
- Personal Injury
- Multi Track
- Clinical Negligence
- Costs Department
- Costs CMCs
Tools & Technologies
- Outlook
- Word