Manchester legal jobs / paralegal jobs

Paralegal or Secretarial Fee Earning work wanted

Date posted: Sunday 25th October

Location: Stockport

I have gained the following qualifications:

• RSA Text Processing Stage 2 Part 1: Distinction
• RSA Word Processing Stage 1 Part 2: Distinction

• NVQ in Business Administration: Level 2
• Key Skills Level 2

• ECDL - 7 Units Passed without errors (see www.acompletecv.co.uk for my success story)

• NVQ in Business Administration Level 3
• Key Skills Level 3

• City and Guilds Legal Secretary Diploma Level 2 Merit

• Paralegal Pass

• I am qualified under the FSA regulations and have passed all the
relevant examinations for Debt Collection & Litigation i.e. property litigation.

• Taking initial instructions from new clients

• Wholly responsible for booking appointments with the relevant fee earner to take detailed witness statements in personal injury matters.

• Dealing with witness statements myself.

• Diarising relevant court directions.

• Solely responsible for the court diary management

• Keeping an accurate list of all court hearings and ensuring that they are all prepared in good time.

• Dealing with the Pre-Action Personal Injury Protocol

• Deciding when files are ready to issue proceedings to include drafting Particulars of Claim.

• Obtaining legal expense insurance if such insurance isn’t already in place.

• Entering Judgment and diarising accordingly.

• Enforcing Judgment via the most amenable route and making enquiries as to how Judgment would be most effectively entered.

• Advising clients of their case status, including the court processes, personal injury protocol and the CPR.

• Dealing with all court documentation to include completing Allocation Questionnaires, compiling Consent Orders, Trial Bundles

• Dealing with Part 36 offers and taking instructions from clients.

• Dealing with courts on a daily basis.

• Maintaining a close working relationship with counsel.

• Instructing counsel to prepare advice.

• Briefing counsel for court appearance.

• Dealing with settling credit hire claims.

• Familiar with quantum amounts via the JSB guidelines.

• I am competent when dealing with claims via the MIB dealing with uninsured drivers.

• Able to bill costs on files at conclusion using the predictive costs regime

• Billing files at completion ready for closing.

I am looking for any legal/paralegal or general secretaial work.

Kim