Hybrid Cost Draftsperson – Legal Billing Specialist

Medical Law Services; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hours per week

Bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Medicash

Job summary

Fletchers Solicitors in the UK is seeking a dedicated Cost Draftsperson to join our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team. The role focuses on preparing detailed costs bills, budgets, and responses for high-quality cases, with support for hybrid working and office collaboration.

You’ll work with Proclaim and Cost Master, manage busy workloads to deadlines, and contribute to profitability while maintaining excellent client care. A meticulous eye for detail is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of drafting bills of costs and costs budgets.
• Experience of Proclaim.
• Experience of Cost Master.
• Organisational, planning and communication skills.
• Time management.
• Ability to use initiative.
• Working effectively within a team.
• Attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of detailed bills of costs, costs schedules and costs estimates.
• Review of opponent’s points of dispute and preparation of replies.
• Preparation of costs budgets.
• Reviewing opponents’ costs budgets, preparing BDR’s, Precedent T’s and entering into negotiations.
• Potential to attend CCMC hearings.
• Ensuring that the quality of work produced is to the highest standard.
• Management of daily workloads as well as achieving service level agreements.
• Be able to work to deadlines and prioritise matters to ensure targets are delivered.
• Ensuring that the Client is regularly updated as to the current situation on matters;
• Ensuring that care is taken to ensure good working relationships with internal colleagues;
• Being responsible for maximising the firms profitability whilst maintaining the highest Client care standard;
• Adhering to the firm’s policies.
• Any other duties as reasonably required by the business.

Skills

Drafting bills of costs

Cost budgets

Time management

Tools

Proclaim

Cost Master

Job description

Fletchers Solicitors in the UK is seeking a dedicated Cost Draftsperson to join our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team. The role focuses on preparing detailed costs bills, budgets, and responses for high-quality cases, with support for hybrid working and office collaboration.

You’ll work with Proclaim and Cost Master, manage busy workloads to deadlines, and contribute to profitability while maintaining excellent client care. A meticulous eye for detail is essential.