Costs Draftsman – Hybrid option or 100% Remote

Liberationrecruitment; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing firm in Greater Manchester seeks an experienced Costs professional to join their team. This remote position requires expertise in costs management, particularly in clinical negligence and personal injury cases. The ideal candidate will prepare detailed costs pleadings and collaborate effectively with solicitors on various costs matters, ensuring compliance with procedural standards.

Benefits

ACL Training programme

25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays

Flexible working hours

Excellent career progression

Qualifications

• Experience in complex cost litigation and detailed assessment hearings.
• Strong skills in drafting legal costs documentation.
• Ability to work independently and remotely.

Responsibilities

• Prepare bills of costs and costs budgets.
• Collaborate with solicitors from claimant law firms.
• Understand procedural rules and case law.

Skills

Costs management claims

Legal research

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Education

Costs Lawyer qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Ref: 10038

Our Client is expanding in three sites across the UK and actively recruiting for an experienced Costs professional to join our growing Manchester team. They have a knowledgeable team of Costs Lawyers and consultants which boast more than 100 years of collective experience in this highly-specialist field, especially in the clinical negligence and personal injury sector. They are proud of our first-rate knowledge of costs issues and can quickly turnaround costs budgets.

The ideal candidate would be an experienced bill or budget drafter who is skilled in preparing detailed costs pleadings, such as bills of costs and Precedent H budgets.

Reporting to the Head in the North West, this remote role involves regular collaboration with solicitors from claimant law firms to effectively manage a wide range of costs matters.

The successful individual will understand procedural rules, case law and the formatting standards required when submitting documents to court. Day-to-day tasks will include preparing bills of costs and costs budgets.

Experience & qualifications required

• Proficient in costs management claims – clinical negligence & personal injury
• Relevant legal qualifications – Costs Lawyer or equivalent experience
• Experience with complex cost litigation and detailed assessment hearings
• Strong skills in drafting of legal costs documentation
• Experience in preparing bills of costs and costs budgets
• Legal research skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and remotely

Benefits we offer

• Offer ACL Training programme
• Full-time position with immediate start
• Competitive salary – depending on experience
• 25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
• Excellent career progression
• Flexible working hours