Cost Paralegal

Role – Costs Paralegal

Location – Southport/Hybrid

Salary – £22,932

Costs Paralegal – Join Fletchers’ Costs Support Team!

Are you looking to kick-start your legal career in costs? Fletchers is seeking a Cost Paralegal to join our dedicated Costs Support Team, assisting with a variety of cost-related functions. This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced legal environment, working alongside experts in the field.

If you’re detail-oriented, highly organised, and eager to develop your skills in costs law, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today and take the next step in your legal career with Fletchers.

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In return Fletchers can offer:

• 35 hours working week
• Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days’ holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5^th, 7^th, and 9^th full year of employment
• Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)
• Monthly voucher awards for winning nominees

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Main Responsibilities:

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  • Ensure the delivery for yourself of all KPI targets set by the firm.
  • Ensure cases are progressed in a timely, efficient, and proactive manner.
  • Clerical support to costs team
  • Preparation of Part 8 proceedings
  • Service of bills of costs
  • Preparation of Detailed Assessment requests
  • Preparation of Court Papers
  • Preparation of court bundles
  • Ensuring post received is placed on costs files
  • Ensuring post out is sent correctly
  • Liaising with clients, experts, barristers, third party solicitors and insurers as directed.
  • Dealing with all aspects of pre and post issue procedures under supervision in a timely and cost-effective manner.
  • Ensuring all actions as per Proclaim Action List are completed in a timely fashion.
  • Accurate time recording.
  • Maintaining client files in good order in accordance with Lexcel and other quality assurance requirements.
  • Reporting to Senior Lawyer as required.
  • Maintenance of RTM and other Master Spreadsheets
  • Carrying out data entry & reporting
  • First point of contact for client queries
  • Maintaining the teams SharePoint and assisting with the organisation of documents
  • Assisting the team with their workload where required

Essential Skills and Experience: 

• • Desire to work in this area of law
  • Desire and ability to take direction and supervision from team leader
  • Good general IT skills
  • Good time management skills
  • Good research skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Good organisational skills
  • Keen analytical skills
  • Excellent people skills and service ethos
  • Ability to influence at all levels
  • Work effectively within a team
  • Self-motivated with the ability to work independently
  • Able to work in an organised way, prioritising work appropriately
  • Able to apply initiative and forward thinking.
  • Excellent verbal communication skills with a proactive and positive manner
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Flexible and willing to commit to achieving results and meeting deadlines.
  • Flexible approach & keen attention to detail.
  • Excellent Client Care Skills.

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Desirable Skills and Experience:

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  • Legal and or Costs experience
    

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We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.

About Fletchers Group

Fletchers is a fast-growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, we’ve evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation.

We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector.

Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We are proud to offer some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in the industry — because we understand that balance drives performance.

At Fletchers, we also value connection and collaboration. We create exciting opportunities for teams to come together and thrive. Whether you’re starting your career or aiming for leadership, you’ll find a clear path to progress and development here — from apprenticeships and professional qualifications to senior roles and Partnership.

We seek out a broad range of challenging, high-quality legal work, enabling our people to build meaningful and progressive careers. And we don’t just talk about development — we invest in it, with a significant proportion of our colleagues working towards relevant qualifications at any given time.

We reward those who help build our success and live our values. Our benefits package is designed to grow with you, offering real opportunities to share in our long-term strength. Our base pay and bonus structure is built to recognise and reward high performance.

Join us and be part of a law firm that’s not only growing, but redefining what it means to work in legal services.

Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce: we welcome applications from any and all backgrounds. We’re committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive, understanding and celebrating that no colleague is the same. We’re proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, and we are signing up to other diversity standards to reflect our ethos.

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