Hybrid Graduate Legacy Paralegal

at MDD Forensic Accountants

• Job title: Graduate Legacy Paralegal
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Entry level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Coventry, United Kingdom

About the role

• Graduate Legacy Paralegal supporting Legacy Disease Team in achieving Client KPI’s and SLA’s. Handling case management tasks and liaising with multiple parties for effective collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Update Tracker 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, including 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.
• Following up on outstanding instructions, documents and other actions to ensure that responses are received within required timescales.
• Making payment requests using the appropriate payment request process for the client and chasing to ensure payments are received and dispatched within required deadlines.
• Diarising and updating CRU.
• Undertaking additional ad hoc duties to support Fee Earners and the team, as required, including completing initial steps in recovery of Client’s outlay and collating outcome.
• Undertaking minor investigations on liability and quantum to provide File Handlers with basic information to progress claims.
• Undertaking administration duties on files, including completion of MI; drafting write-off forms, requesting final bills and dealing with billing queries; and file closure/transfer activities.

Requirements

• Experience of working in a legal environment is desirable
• Good communication skills
• 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
• GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English or equivalent

Benefits

• The successful applicant will ideally have the following skills.
• 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.
• GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English or equivalent