Paralegal

Overview

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has a reputation as the UK’s leading disputes specialist Firm. The individual will be supporting the team dealing with policyholder representation in complex high-value insurance claims, covering a diverse range of business lines including property and casualty, energy and construction, business interruption, D&O, cyber, aviation, products and environmental risks, and professional indemnity.

Standard Paralegal Duties

• General administration including filing, photocopying, message taking and diary arrangements
• Producing basic correspondence
• Undertaking legal research
• Taking statements from clients and witnesses
• Assisting in the preparation of instructions to counsel
• Preparing schedules of documents
• Making searches
• Preparing draft orders
• Proof reading, marking up and amending pleadings
• Maintaining cost files, claims and arranging payments of disbursements
• Assisting in the preparation of 6 monthly cost letters
• Undertaking other ad hoc duties

Job Skills Required

• Essential: must have fully completed the LPC, SQE1 or Bar course or be willing to enrol in SQE1 upon offer
• Previous experience preferred
• Excellent typing and IT skills, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook)

Business Development and Financial Skills

• Understands client needs and displays an appropriate sense of urgency
• Demonstrates general commercial awareness and vision, helps to build client relationships through pursuing own business development/marketing initiatives
• Assists with and/or attends social, fund-raising or training activities
• Represents the firm appropriately, develops own professional network and raises personal and firm profile
• Records time effectively, achieves/exceed hours targets

Knowledge-Sharing Skills

• Makes use of the firm’s collective knowledge resources, promotes internal knowledge-sharing
• Attends and contributes towards know-how or team meetings

General Skills

• Well organised, uses initiative, prioritises appropriately, applies self, shows attention to detail, manages own workload and meets deadlines
• Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills (respectful, positive, articulate, professional and sympathetic)
• Delivers helpful internal services with a “can do” approach, shows commercial awareness and represents the department/firm appropriately
• Shares information and ideas
• Accepts and follows instructions, listens, makes notes, questions appropriately, co-operates
• Shows sound judgement and decision-making skills; acts within boundaries
• Shows commitment, passion and enthusiasm
• Is a respectful, reliable and supportive team player
• Reflects the firm’s culture