Hybrid Legal Costs Consultant – Budgets & Settlements

Ampa Holdings LLP; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Shakespeare Martineau is seeking a Costs Consultant to join our Costs Team with experience in receiving party costs in clinical negligence and serious personal injury matters. The role is permanent and full-time, based primarily in Birmingham with national travel.

You will draft costs-related documents, manage a busy caseload, and contribute to cost budgeting and settlements while delivering high-quality client service in a flexible, blended working model.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a similar costs role
• Experience drafting bills of costs (Claimant role)
• Strong commitment to customer service
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to prioritise workload and work in a busy team

Responsibilities

• Drafting Precedent H cost budgets
• Managing a caseload of files
• Formulating offers and negotiating settlements
• Dealing with general correspondence
• Handling telephone calls and queries
• Drafting schedules of costs
• Handling receiving party costs matters and drafting bills of costs
• Drafting points of replies or dispute

Skills

Numerical ability

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Prioritisation

Customer service

Job description

Shakespeare Martineau is seeking a Costs Consultant to join our Costs Team with experience in receiving party costs in clinical negligence and serious personal injury matters. The role is permanent and full-time, based primarily in Birmingham with national travel.

You will draft costs-related documents, manage a busy caseload, and contribute to cost budgeting and settlements while delivering high-quality client service in a flexible, blended working model.