Costs Clerk - Birmingham£25,000 - £28,000I’m delighted to be working with a firm in Birmingham City Centre, who have been a client of ours for many years and who are currently going through a fantastic period of growth an expansion. As a result, they are keen to add a Costs Clerk to their team in Birmingham City Centre. Ideally, they would like to recruit a Costs Clerk with experience of working in a Law Costs environment. Duties of a Cost Clerk:

• Drafting Inter-Partes and Legal Aid bills for assessment
• Sending bills to paying party and following through assessment procedure to payment.
• Drafting replies to points of dispute
• Negotiating costs with paying party.
• Lodging bills at Court and the Legal Aid Agency for assessment.
• Monitoring performance of external costs draftsman in relation to turnaround times and work produced.
• Maintaining up to date excel spreadsheet of billing information.
• Ensuring prompt payment of finalised bills where payment is due from opponent.
• Checking bills drafted by costs assistants
• Undertaking other clerical and administrative duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.

The Person:

• Experience of drafting inter partes and legal aid bills
• Experience of using CCMS to bill legal aid files
• Computer Literate
• High Level of numeracy and accuracy when dealing with figures. Attention to detail
• Knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook
• Willing to learn new skills
• Quick learner
• Good Administrative background with experience of being able to manage and prioritise own workloads
• Legal Aid Agency rules for billing and costing of publicly funded files
• Court rules for lodging bills
• An understanding of the rules governing inter parte bills preparation
• Court costs assessment procedures
• Working in a publicly funded organisation

If you are keen to be considered for this Costs Clerk role in Birmingham City Centre, please apply directly, call me for a confidential conversation today or send your CV to