Costs Solicitor

Yolk Recruitment; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Option to buy or sell annual leave

Life Assurance

Rewards scheme

Pension Scheme

Contributions to gym membership

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment in Cardiff is seeking an experienced Costs Lawyer to join its Personal Injury team on a hybrid basis.

You will manage a varied costs caseload arising from Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence, draft Bills of Costs and Budgets, and advise Partners on strategy and recovery. You'll work largely remotely with one day in the Cardiff office, collaborating across the wider team.

Qualifications

• Qualified Costs Lawyer with solid experience handling costs work within Personal Injury and/or Clinical Negligence.
• Strong knowledge of costs law and procedure.
• Experience with costs budgeting, recovery and detailed assessment.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Confidence advising fee earners and Partners on costs strategy.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage your own caseload and work autonomously.
• Collaborative approach and good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing a varied caseload of costs matters arising from Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence claims
• Preparing Bills of Costs, Costs Budgets, Precedent H documentation and other costs-related paperwork
• Dealing with Points of Dispute and Points of Reply
• Advising fee earners and Partners on costs strategy, budgeting and recovery
• Negotiating costs with opponents, third parties and costs specialists
• Supporting matters through detailed assessment and relevant hearings where required
• Providing technical costs guidance to colleagues across the team
• Helping develop and improve internal costs processes and best practice
• Working with a high degree of independence while remaining part of a collaborative wider legal team

Skills

Costs law

Drafting

Negotiation

Caseload management

Attention to detail

Autonomy

Job description

Costs Lawyer - Personal Injury

Cardiff | Hybrid - 1 day per week in the office | Permanent

A growing legal team in Cardiff is looking to appoint an experienced Costs Lawyer to join its specialist Personal Injury offering.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to take ownership of a varied costs caseload while working closely with experienced fee earners and Partners across the wider litigation team.

And the hybrid set-up is a genuine selling point, you'll only be required in the Cardiff office one day per week, giving you the flexibility to work predominantly remotely while still having regular face-to-face time with the team.

You'll have a high degree of autonomy in the role, with the opportunity to contribute not only to individual matters but also to the continued development of the firm's wider costs function.

What will you be doing?

• Managing a varied caseload of costs matters arising from Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence claims
• Preparing Bills of Costs, Costs Budgets, Precedent H documentation and other costs-related paperwork
• Dealing with Points of Dispute and Points of Reply
• Advising fee earners and Partners on costs strategy, budgeting and recovery
• Negotiating costs with opponents, third parties and costs specialists
• Supporting matters through detailed assessment and relevant hearings where required
• Providing technical costs guidance to colleagues across the team
• Helping develop and improve internal costs processes and best practice
• Working with a high degree of independence while remaining part of a collaborative wider legal team

What are they looking for?

We're looking for a qualified Costs Lawyer with solid experience handling costs work within Personal Injury and/or Clinical Negligence.

You'll ideally bring:

• Strong knowledge of costs law and procedure
• Experience with costs budgeting, recovery and detailed assessment
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• Confidence advising fee earners and Partners on costs strategy
• Strong organisation and attention to detail
• The ability to manage your own caseload and work autonomously
• A collaborative approach and good communication skills

Why consider it?

A genuinely flexible hybrid model, allowing you to work remotely for the majority of the week.
A varied Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence costs caseload rather than a narrow, repetitive workload.
You'll have scope to help shape and develop the firm's wider costs offering.
Work closely with experienced lawyers and fee earners across a wider legal team.
A permanent opportunity with scope to develop your technical expertise and career within a growing legal business.

• Generous annual leave (plus additional days with length of service)
• Option to buy or sell annual leave
• Life Assurance
• Rewards scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Contributions to gym membership

Interested?

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic.