Costs Bill Drafter

Job Description

Costs Bill Drafter

Location: Liverpool or Bolton

Salary: £Competitive

Contract Type: Perm

Position Type: Full Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Costs Bill Drafter to join a specialist legal team handling high-value Serious Injury and Clinical Negligence matters.

You will play a key role in supporting the firm’s costs recovery function, working on complex, multi-track cases involving catastrophic injury, brain injury, spinal injury and clinical negligence claims. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual looking to work on challenging, high-value litigation within a supportive and progressive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting detailed inter partes bills of costs, including high-value and complex multi-track matters.
• Preparing costs budgets, budget revisions and supporting documentation.
• Drafting Points of Dispute and Replies to Points of Dispute.
• Preparing schedules of costs and statements of costs for hearings.
• Reviewing fee earners’ files and ensuring accurate recovery of costs.
• Assisting with detailed assessment proceedings and negotiations.
• Liaising with solicitors, costs lawyers and external parties regarding costs matters.
• Ensuring compliance with CPR, costs practice directions and relevant case law.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Costs Draftsperson, Costs Bill Drafter or Costs Lawyer.
• Strong knowledge of CPR and costs procedures.
• Experience preparing bills of costs in Serious Injury and/or Clinical Negligence
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
• The ability to manage a varied caseload and work to deadlines.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience using legal costs software such as CostsMaster, Proclaim or similar systems would be advantageous.

Company Values

We’re a collaboration of companies established in 2006 working towards and guaranteeing the same goal.  Our mission: We are driven to succeed.  Our purpose is to help people move on in their lives through supporting our clients, our communities and each other.

• We support
• We surpass
• We succeed

We offer a clean professional office working environment with fantastic facilities in the heart of Liverpool City Centre which has great travel links.

A competitive salary

23 days holiday + your Birthday off + plus 8 bank holidays.

Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service cover

Bupa dental plan

Employee Assistant Programme.

Workplace pension scheme.

Free onsite weekly classes and well-being programmes.

Discounted onsite Restaurant, Coffee Shop / Café.

Secure bike storage.

The opportunity to develop a rewarding and successful career with a wonderful Law firm.