Debt Recovery Solicitor

Mallory Pryce Ltd; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Mallory Pryce Ltd in Liverpool is seeking a Solicitor to join the Enforcement Team based in our Liverpool Office. You will handle a caseload of debt recovery matters with emphasis on damages, legal costs, disbursements and sums due after settlement, judgment or breach of agreement.

The ideal candidate will have experience issuing Part 8 Proceedings, strong drafting and negotiation skills, and a commercial, pragmatic approach to recovery.

Qualifications

• Experience in debt recovery, civil litigation, costs recovery and enforcement.
• Strong knowledge of County Court procedures and civil litigation.
• Experience pursuing unpaid judgments, damages and costs.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Commercial and pragmatic approach to recovery.
• Case Management System experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of debt recovery and enforcement matters
• Review settlement agreements, judgments, Court Orders and costs schedules to identify sums due and ensure compliance with agreed payment terms
• Monitor payment deadlines and take prompt action where sums remain unpaid
• Prepare and send appropriate letters before action and formal demands
• Credit Control & enforcement of Legal Damages, Costs and Disbursements
• Credit Control and negotiation of associated legal fees and expenses
• Issuing Part 8 Proceedings / making enforcement applications
• Preparing N260 schedules
• Liaising with clients, Defendants, Courts, external enforcement agents and other third parties
• Work to deadlines

Skills

Debt recovery

Civil litigation

Enforcement

Negotiation

Drafting

Time-management

Case management

Job description

The successful applicant will be based in our client's Liverpool Office working with our Enforcement Team. The role is suited to candidates with experience of issuing Part 8 Proceedings and Court Applications.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for managing a caseload of debt recovery matters, with a particular focus on the recovery of damages, legal costs, disbursements and other sums due following settlement, judgment or breach of agreement. This is an excellent opportunity for a Solicitor who enjoys litigation, has strong attention to detail and is motivated by achieving successful outcomes for clients.

Salary from £40,000+

Key responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload of debt recovery and enforcement matters


• Review settlement agreements, judgments, Court Orders and costs schedules to identify sums due and ensure compliance with agreed payment terms


• Monitor payment deadlines and take prompt action where sums remain unpaid


• Prepare and send appropriate letters before action and formal demands


• Credit Control & enforcement of Legal Damages, Costs and Disbursements


• Credit Control and negotiation of associated legal fees and expenses


• Issuing Part 8 Proceedings / making enforcement applications


• Preparing N260 schedules


• Liaising with clients, Defendants, Courts, external enforcement agents and other third parties


• Work to deadlines

Our client is looking for a Solicitor who has:

• Previous experience in debt recovery, civil litigation, costs recovery and enforcement


• Strong knowledge of County Court procedures and civil litigation


• Experience of pursuing unpaid judgments, damages and costs


• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills


• Strong organisational and time-management skills


• A commercial and pragmatic approach to recovery


• Case Management System experience