Legal Jobs in Castleford

My client, a leading regional law firm, is looking to recruit a Personal Injury Paralegal to work in their Pontefract office. The majority of the files that you will assist with and work on in this role will be Road Traffic Accidents cases. Ideally you will have previous experience assisting fee-earners in Personal Injury Departments and ideally will have specifically assisted with RTA cases. Ideally you will also have previous experience preparing and drafing Personal Injury legal documentation, such as witness statements. You will be a highly organised individual with excellent time management skills. You will also value the importance of client...

LEGAL SECRETARY

LOCATION: Pontefract

SALARY AND BENEFITS: £15.000 - £15,500

SUMMARY:

My client is currently recruiting for an experienced Legal Secretary for their Personal Injury and Industrial Disease department. The secretary will be based in their Pontefract office and will work for one of the partners on the business.

COMPANY INFORMATION:

- Established in the 1930's
- The company have 4 Yorkshire based offices
- Hold traditional yet very professional values.

YOU MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING:

- Sold background as a Legal Secretary
- Experience in Personal Injury
- Experience...

My Client is a large regional PI Specialist who are experiencing considerable growth in the high end PI areas. Due to this planned growth they now require a senior EL/PL Technical Manager to join them at their West Yorkshire offices.

The role involves providing technical advice and guidance to a Team of Fee Earners and generally being the point of reference for more complex, technical quieries that arise.

The ideal Candidate will have at least five years experience in the field of EL/PL litigation and be fully conversation with the CPR. You will have managed your own caseload of complex EL/PL matters and have extensive litigation...

My Client is a large, regional Firm specialising in PI matters. They have experienced considerable growth in the high end sector and are now looking to appoint a number of Paralegals with catastrophic experience.

The role involves assisting a senior fee earner whilst running your own small caseload of catastrophic RTA matters.

The successful applicants will have between 2 - 6 years experience in a similar role and be fully au fait with case management systems.

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the North's leading PI Firms.

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This is a great opportunity to get your foot in the door at one of the leading regional PI specialist Firms.

The Firm is extremely forward thinking and progressive in their approach and they are now looking to recruit two locums (one for maternity cover and one for a fixed term contract of six months which may become a permanent role) to handle a caseload of Fast Track litigated RTA matters.

The successful Candidates will be au fait with modern case management and have experience (minimum 2 years) of handling a caseloads of RTA litigated matters. An ability to work on own initiative is essential together with an excellent understanding...

This is an excellent opportunity if you are wishing to move away from the day to day running of a caseload and enjoy interaction with colleagues on a large scale.

My Client is renowned for it's expertise in the field of personal injury and has seen continued growth over the last few years. This is set to continue and with this in mind they are now seeking to appoint an experienced RTA Solicitor/Fee Earner to undertake a non fee earning 'coaching' role. The role involves working within Technical Claims providing tactical coaching, support and training to improve quality, skill and knowledge individually and across the department and...

Title: Legal Risk and Compliance Manager

Salary: Up to £40,000 dependant on skills and experience

The Role:

The post-holder will work within the firm's Risk and Compliance directorate as part of the Business Acceptance Unit. The BAU has responsibility for:

The creation and ongoing maintenance of all client and matter records across the firm's centralised processing systems.
Conflict searches, producing reports summarising key points for fee earners, and where relevant the firm's Conflicts Committee, which is responsible for conflicts resolution.
Processing all clients / matters taken on by the firm, assisting...

My client, a well known law firm based in Wakefield is currently seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to provide secretarial support to Fee Earners who specialises in Wills and Probate and Conveyancing. My client would consider someone on a full time basis for this role, working 35 hours per week.

Duties will include:

Producing correspondence and legal documents through audio and copy typing

Diary management and arranging meetings

Liaising with clients via the telephone

Assisting with file management

General administration duties as required

The successful candidate will be an experienced legal...

My Client has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and driven paralegal to join the Catastrophic Claimant Personal Injury Team.

You will assist a Solicitor on a portfolio of cases, predominately RTA with complex technical issues and quantum in excess of
3250,000.

Based out of their West Yorkshire offices, you will be every opportunity to progress your career in a firm that values talent and allows you to progress your career.

You will already be working as paralegal / fee earner with exposure to high value complex cases and be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the technical issues involved.

Salary...

PI Team Managers

My Client, a pre-eminent Personal Injury specialist in the North currently have several outstanding opportunities for personal injury specialists with management experience to join one of the market leaders in the Personal Injury world.

This growing practice have opportunities for those with RTA, or EL/PL or portal experience. Two of these roles are for those with experience of complex and catastrophic injuries.

You will head up team of 12 and have a deomsntrable track record both in managing a team and running a caseload in the area you are managing. You will not be fee earning however it is essential...

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen with my Client for a claimant multi track Legal Assistant based in West Yorkshire

Based in West Yorkshire, my Client is at the forefront of Personal Injury claims in the North with ambitions of being a Legal 25 Firm by 2013.

You will work alongside a Solicitor assisting on high value complex multi track claims. You will already be working in a similar position or have experience of being a Fee Earner in your own right on a small number of multi track cases.

It is essential you have experience of non MOJ Portal work and can demonstrate this at interview.

Salary is above...

THE ROLE
Reporting to the Secretarial Co-ordinator/Resources Manager, the role delivers administration services to a variety of fee earners and secretaries by providing assistance in areas such as scanning, filing, photocopying and other administrative tasks.

SKILLS REQUIRED
Any successful applicant will need the following skills:
- A knowledge of IT skills including Windows, Outlook and Excel with a minimum of 45wpm audio and copy typing;
- Good communication skills;
- Flexible and adaptable approach;
- Be able to utilise the firm's resources effectively e.g. Word Processing, Travel Centre and Helpdesks;
In addition...

My client is looking for an experiences Legal Secretary to support a large solicitors firm in Leeds City centre.
The suitable person must have experience in providing secretarial and administrative support to lawyers and legal executives.

Must have been in charge of keeping vital records up to date and for typing up letters and important legal documents.

Must have worked within a personal injury department or Clinical negligence department

Musk have proven experience in using Digital typing.

Duties will include answering the phones, filing, organising diaries and making appointments, preparing legal forms ...

My Client, a leading Personal Injury Law Firm based in Leeds, have an urgent requirement for Personal Injury Fee Earners to join their expanding team.

You will be an experienced Claimant RTA Personal Injury Fee Earner with a minimum of at least 2 years running your own caseload of both pre litigated MOJ and litigated files.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity please contact Michael Knowles of Search Legal in the first instance to discuss further.

Salary dependent upon experience.

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Our client is looking for an experienced manager with proven experience working in a high volume environment within either legal or financial services within a risk and compliance environment. You will need to have experience working within some or all of the following: conflict checking, the conflicts rules applicable to law firms, commercial conflicts issues, client due diligence requirements, an understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues, anti-money laundering, sanctions and insider dealing / market abuse legislation.

The BAU has responsibility for the creation and ongoing maintenance of all client and matter records...

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Legal Secretary or typist looking for a new opportunity to work evenings and leave your days free.
Working 7 hours a day to start at 4pm or 5pm, you will work within a team preparing legal documents from digital dictation.

Duties:

• Typing legal documentation from digital dictation, typed and handwritten format
• Formatting and producing client styled documents in specific style
• Scanning documents and producing presentations via PowerPoint in the house style
• Producing house style documents

This is a lovely role for a very fast and accurate typist who has...

Costs Draftsman!

Salary: £DOE

Due to expansion our Leeds based client is looking for a Costs Draftsman to join their team.

Responsibilities:

To draft bills of costs on both fast track & multi track;
To produce replies on points of dispute;
Ensure that bills are produced with the timelines provided within the client’s individual Service Level Agreement;
Provide clients with clear concise advice relating to their matters.

Experience:

Law Degree advantageous but not essential;
Candidates must have experience as a Law Cost;
Draftsperson within a Solicitor’s firm;
Knowledge of case management...

Title: Experienced Conveyancing Assistant

Salary: £15,000 - £16,000 (dependant on experience)

A leading organisation based in Leeds, are currently seeking an experienced Conveyancing Assistant with transactional experience to join their team. To be considered for this role it is essential that you possess previous experience within a conveyancing position.

The Role:

The post-holder will assist the Fee Earners in dealing with enquiries from clients, estate agents, law firms, mortgage advisors and referrers.

Key Responsibilities:

Dealing with Clients, agents, law firms etc in a professional manner either...

Two experienced Business Development Managers are urgently required for these 3 month contracts for a leading law firm in Leeds city centre. The successful candidates will have experience of analyzing business plans and the business environments (using tools such as PESTEL & Porter’s 5 Forces) and devising marketing strategies and campaigns to take the fullest advantage possible of the opportunities through the complete planning and implementation of successful marketing campaigns. You will have experience of working alongside Business Development colleagues to identify leads to feed into sales pipelines for pursuit and conversion. You will...

Leading, volume conveyancing practice based in Leeds is looking to recruit 5 residential conveyancing fee earners

Our client is a leading, volume conveyancing firm based in the Leeds areas. Due to an increased workload they are looking to recruit 5 Conveyancers to join their busy and dynamic team.

Any residential property legal executives or licensed conveyancers applying for this position will need to be well versed autonomously managing a caseload consisting of:

Freehold and leasehold sales and purchases
Shared ownerships and new builds
Auction properties
Right to buy properties
Buy to let properties...