Paralegal - 11 Month FTC

Keoghs; Bolton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Health care cash plan

WeCare – online GP

Death in Service

Pension contribution

Cycle to Work

Season Ticket Loan

Discounts

Job summary

Keoghs is seeking a Paralegal to support litigation teams across a range of duties, ensuring accurate case management, timely updates, and adherence to SLA/KPIs. You will draft routine court documents, liaise with Courts and Counsel, and progress cases with proactive follow-ups.

Successful candidates will have experience in a legal environment, strong communication, and IT skills, including MS Office and case management systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in a legal environment is desirable.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills with third parties to obtain information.
• Ability to follow a semi-prescribed programme of work and manage calls/enquiries from customers.

Responsibilities

• Update case management system with allocations, diary dates and court dates.
• Draft routine court documents (AOS, Notice of Change, Court Orders, Witness Summons).
• Liaise with Courts, Counsel, Opponents, Experts, and others to progress cases.
• Follow up outstanding instructions and ensure responses within timescales.
• Make payment requests and chase payments to deadlines.
• Diarising and updating CRU; ensure compliance with SRA Standards & Regulations.
• Undertake ad hoc duties to support File Handlers and team.

Skills

Legal environment experience

Strong communication skills

Negotiation with third parties

Ability to work on own initiative

IT literate

MS Office proficiency

Experience with Claims/Case Management

Alpha-numeric filing

Education

GCSE Maths and English or equivalent

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Claims/Case Management system

Job description

The role of the Paralegal is to undertake a variety of tasks to support the members of the litigation teams in achieving Client KPI’s and SLA’s. The variety of tasks required to undertake will vary depending on the Business Unit you provide Paralegal services for.

Key Responsibilities

• Update case management system with file allocations, diary records, court dates, directions, applications and orders as well as general activity, ensuring accurate recording of activity to allow progress tracking.
• Drafting of routine court documents. Examples may include AOS, Notice of Change, Court Orders, Witness Summons and precedent based applications.
• Liaising with Courts, Counsel, Opponents, Experts, Witnesses, Insureds and brokers to progress the case. Examples of tasks include requesting and providing updates; requests for extensions to comply with directions; dealing with GP, hospital, OH and Personnel mandates; booking Counsel for hearings and conferences; and appointments with experts.
• Follow up on outstanding instructions, documents and other actions to ensure that responses are received within required timescales.
• Make payment requests using the appropriate payment request process for the client and chase to ensure payments are received and dispatched within required deadlines
• Diarising and updating CRU
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations.
• Undertaking additional ad hoc duties to support the File Handlers and the team, as required and may include:
• Complete initial steps in recovery of our Client’s outlay and collate the outcome
• Undertake minor investigations on liability and quantum so as to provide File Handlers with basic information to be able to progress the claims
• Undertake administration duties on files, such tasks may include completion of MI; drafting write off forms, requesting final bills and dealing with billing queries; and file closure/transfer activities

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experience of working in a legal environment is desirable
• Good communication skills and experience of negotiating with and influencing 3rd parties to obtain information.

Demonstrable experience of:

• Following a semi-prescribed programme of work
• Dealing with calls and enquiries from customers, suppliers and/or the public
• Gathering and recording information
• Ability to work under own initiative, prioritising and organising own workload
• IT Literate;
• Proficient in MS Office (notably Excel, Word and Outlook)
• Experience of using a Claims/Case Management system
• Proficient in the use of alpha numerical filing systems
• GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English or equivalent

Behaviours -

displays a positive and professional attitude towards their work and colleagues in line with Keoghs Shared Behaviours

Communication –

ability to adapt communication style to ensure a mutual understanding is achieved both with customers and colleagues

Planning & Organisation –

ability to structure, manage and prioritise workload accordingly

Adaptability –

ability to adapt to different situations and tasks, whilst maintaining quality and service

Quality of Service –

to be able to demonstrate an understanding of all detailed aspects of the service and function, and how that contributes to the success of the division

• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets
• after successfully completing probation

About Keoghs

Keoghs is a leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector. We manage more than £1bn worth of insurer claims and resolve in excess of 100,000 claims per year working in partnership with leading insurers, MGAs, brokers, corporates and the public sector.

With more than 50 years’ experience we have an in-depth understanding of the insurance claims process, enabling us to contain and lower litigation rates, shorten claims lifecycles and reduce overall claims costs. We combine proven processes, technology and low cost infrastructure with extensive legal and insurance market knowledge. This enables us to create individual solutions for each of our clients that match their requirements in terms of quality, performance and value for money.

We invest heavily in specialised services, technology and innovation for our insurance clients, and we are the first to launch a true artificial intelligence (AI) insurance lawyer. Through our proprietary AI lawyer, Lauri, we’ve transformed the claims handling process for low-value personal injury claims; we’ve reduced claim lifecycles and reduced costs for our clients. Supported by commercial acumen and innovative products, Keoghs leads the way in providing legal solutions to the insurance industry.

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