Costs Draftsman/Paralegal (Birmingham, Bristol or Leeds)

The role

A vacancy has arisen for a Costs Draftsman/Paralegal with up to 5 years' experience to join the Insurance & Costs team in our Litigation, Advisory & Regulatory department. The role will involve dealing with inter parties costs issues and working for both private and public sector clients including insurers, local authorities, housing associations and NHS Resolution.

What we are looking for from you

Internally you will be responsible for supporting a range of litigation teams in Clinical Risk, Insurance Litigation, Property Litigation and Commercial Litigation.

This role will involve:

• Preparing cost schedules for summary assessment
• Advising on third party costs
• Negotiating costs
• Dealing with provisional assessments
• Preparing files for detailed assessment
• Ad hoc costs advice internally and externally

This vacancy is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic department who are recognised market leaders for litigation work for clients who are focused on the delivery of public services.

Make a Real Impact

Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing, local government, and health and social care, we are specialists in the construction, energy and resource management, higher education and financial services sectors.

Supported by valued business services professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teams work together to support almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate, property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.

As a responsible business, we embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and Results. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence the decisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, they motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the communities that we’re part of.

Consistently recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legal directories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2023/24 financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for an eleventh consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continue investing in our people.

As a firm we embrace our differences, we act responsibly, now and for the future and we support you to be your best through our hybrid working model and professional development opportunities.

Looking to the future, we’re targeting ambitious growth and success. And we’re looking for the best people to be part of it.