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We deal with costs matters from both a receiving party and paying party perspective. We offer a full range of service on claims of all sizes including the provision of advice, preparation of Bills of Costs, drafting Points of Dispute and Replies, preparing Costs Budgets and dealing with all aspects of the cost budgeting process to include attendance at CCMCs, drafting skeleton arguments on technical challenges, negotiating settlements, attending Detailed Assessment hearings and dealing with part 8 cost procedures.\nThe Opportunity\n Are you an experienced Costs Consultant looking for a new challenge? Do you have strong communication skills and boast a keen eye for detail? Are you looking to develop a career in a dynamic and expanding law firm? If so read on....\nWe are looking for a Costs Consultant with experience in Receiving Party Costs in Clinical Negligence and Serious Personal Injury matters to join our Costs Team, part of the firm’s Shakespeare Martineau Business. Experience in Paying Party matters is not essential but would be of great benefit.\nWe have hubs in Birmingham, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield.\nPlease Note:This role is mostly remote, with travel into one of our offices on a monthly basis.\nWhat you will be doing:\nDrafting Precedent H cost budgets\nManaging a caseload of files\nFormulating offers and negotiating settlements\nDealing with general correspondence\nHandling telephone calls, and handling queries and enquiries where appropriate\nDrafting schedules of costs\nHandling receiving party costs matters and drafting bills of costs\nDrafting points of replies or dispute\nWhat you will need:\n2+ years’ experience in a similar role, gained from working in a Claimant role\nStrong numerical ability\nExperience in drafting bills of costs (Claimant role)\nStrong commitment to the principles of good customer service and an enthusiasm to develop a career in the field of costs work\nExcellent attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy\nThe ability to prioritise your workload\nCommitment and a team player approach with the ability to work in a busy team\nExcellent communication skills over the phone and in person\n\nBenefits, Agile Working and Additional information\nWe embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.\nWe appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.\nWe have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.\nWant to find out more about our amazing benefits?\nAdditional information:\n Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.\n\nDue to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. 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