Personal Injury Paralegal

My client is a well established legal company with offices based in Yorkshire. They are seeking an experienced Personal Injury paralegal to work in their offices based in Pontefract.

The primary role of the Personal Injury Paralegal is to provide direct support to their Principals to enable the Principals to operate at optimum efficiency. The Personal Injury Paralegal is expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative.

Duties:

Attendance on clients and others in order to take statements, obtain information, make appointments and complete relevant forms.
Liaise between clients and experts and between clients and supervisor and with the defendant and other parties as requested.
Dealing with client queries and reporting to the appropriate fee earner.
Preparing standard legal forms.
Preparing and filing court documents.
Fixing dates for Court hearings and liaising with Counsel and court to find mutually convenient dates.
Arranging conferences with Counsel and liaising with client, solicitor, barrister and experts.
Preparation of bills and/or liaise with costs draftsman.
Reviewing and archiving files.
Carry out benefit queries and deal with call queries.
To undertake other duties such as researching law, searching old files, obtaining documents, transporting clients, running errands and supporting fee earners as and when required.

The ideal candidate:

Good client care skills.
Experience of working in the Personal Injury sector
Strong Administration skills
GCSE English grade C or above.
Good management, communication, marketing and organisational skills.
Computer literacy and good keyboard kills.

If you have the relevant skills and experience contact Chrissie or Hayley asap