Paralegal

The practice

Capsticks is independently rated by The Legal 500 and Chambers Directory as the leading provider of legal services to the health and social care sector and in the field of professional discipline.  In June 2013 the firm also acquired a highly rated social housing practice, creating a firm with over 280 fee earners across 4 offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Winchester. The firm acts for over 200 clients, including all forms of NHS provider and commissioner organisations, the Department of Health, the NHSLA, regulatory bodies, charities, independent healthcare providers, housing associations, medical malpractice insurers and defence organisations.   

Further details on the partners in the department and the type of work carried out can be found on our website at www.capsticks.com

The role

Main duties and responsibilities

The employment team in Birmingham is looking to recruit a paralegal to assist the legal team with various aspects of their casework. The main roles and responsibilities will include (although, this is not an exhaustive list):

• working to a chargeable hours target;
• assisting fee earners in aspects of their casework, especially on handling contentious cases;
• preparing cases for tribunal;
• liaising by telephone and in writing with third parties, including experts, solicitors, witnesses, Claimants and the tribunal as appropriate
• drafting general correspondence;
• preparing cost schedules;
• gathering and assimilating evidence;
• attending to disclosure and inspection of documents
• drafting chronologies;
• bundling including preparing joint bundle indexes and updating bundles;
• research;
• copying and pagination;
• basic legal analysis;
• assisting in the preparation of articles, seminars and best practice advice; and
• any other duties as reasonably requested

Skills set

Candidates should ideally have:

• at least twelve months experience as a paralegal and at least six months experience in an employment department
• an LPC or BVC qualification;
• good communication skills;
• good administration skills; and
• basic computer skills.

Candidates will also be expected to demonstrate at interview that they are:

• well organised;
• proactive; and
• self-motivated.

Candidates should be available to start immediately, or as soon as possible, and if you are interested in applying for this position please visit our website and submit your application via the online portal. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Thursday 5 May 2016 and please note we are only able to respond to candidates we call for interview.

Capsticks is an equal opportunities employer

Capsticks is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and to encouraging diversity through recruitment.  Applications are welcome from all sections of the community and decisions to progress will be made with reference to entirely objective criteria only.