Paralegal (Private Client)
Pontyclun (Office Based)
Salary - £22,308 - £25,000 DOE)
Permanent
Full Time – 9am – 5pm (30 min lunch)
Holiday allowance – 20 days but bank holidays
Our client is looking for a Paralegal to join my client’s small but busy team in Pontyclun.
Essential
- Previous Paralegal experience
- Previous administration and telephone experience
- Experience of supporting people in the management of their caseloads.
- LPC or degree in law
- Highly organised
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent IT skills
- Empathetic and personable
Responsibilities
- To meet clients and take instructions.
- To provide support to colleagues in the management of their cases as and when required.
- To ensure all work carried out is appropriately recorded to allow for proper billing.
- To act in a fee earning capacity ensuring that fee earning targets and chargeable hours are met.
- To draft documents to include Wills and LPAs.
- To prepare estate accounts and probate applications.
- To liaise with organisations to obtain information relevant to trust, estate and Court of Protection administration.
- To act in a fee earning capacity and to accurately record and submit regular time recording in line with the firm’s/departments policy
- To ensure that all client work relating to own files is processed correctly and expeditiously and that the client is kept regularly informed of progress and costs
- To manage and deal with all correspondence associated with own files on a daily basis to maintain and update files with relevant correspondence to ensure files remain current and up to date.
- Updating the case management system efficiently and effectively in accordance with departmental processes and procedures.
- When required, arrange and attend conferences with Counsel, instruct experts and review reports.
- Liaise with legal representatives including counsel, costs drafts persons, experts etc.
- To follow file reviews procedures ensuring that these are dealt with promptly
- Carry out periodic costs checks on files as requested by the fee earner
- Assist with and undertake tasks relating to fee earner’s caseloads when required.
- Assist the department in developing work processes for cases when required.
- To undertake administration work on own files and support senior fee earners with the same
- To ensure that support staff allocated are progressing your work in a timely manner where applicable.
- To attend to clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide such support in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm’s standards for client care
- To provide support to the support staff and fee earners as required
- Greeting and dealing with “walk in” clients, to the office to take initial instructions or brief updates on their matter.
- Preparing draft bills
- To ensure the confidentiality of all the firm’s and client’s documentation and information
If this Paralegal position is of interest, please send your CV to us today.
INDMH
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Schedule:
Experience:
- Paralegal: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: PEM1493