Hybrid Costs Lawyer – Personal Injury

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

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.