Costs Solicitor

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Option to buy/sell annual leave

Life Assurance

Rewards scheme

Pension Scheme

Contributions to gym membership

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd in Cardiff is seeking an experienced Costs Lawyer to join its Personal Injury team. You will manage a varied costs caseload, draft Bills of Costs, and advise fee earners and Partners on costs strategy.

Hybrid working with one day per week in the Cardiff office, you will work predominantly remotely while maintaining strong collaboration with the wider litigation team. This is a permanent role offering the chance to shape the firm's costs function.

Qualifications

• Qualified Costs Lawyer with experience in Personal Injury and/or Clinical Negligence.
• Solid knowledge of costs law and procedure.
• Experience with budgeting, recovery and detailed assessment.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Ability to advise Partners on costs strategy.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail.
• Ability to work autonomously within a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of costs matters arising from Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence claims.
• Prepare 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 and procedure

Costs budgeting

Drafting and negotiation

Advising costs strategy

Organization and attention to detail

Caseload management

Communication skills

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

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.

Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.