Paralegal (dispute resolution, housing management team)
The practice
Capsticks is independently rated by The Legal 500 and Chambers Directory as one of the leading providers of legal services within health and social care, professional discipline and social housing. The firm has over 230 fee earners across its four offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Southampton. 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.
The dispute resolution department, of which the housing management team is a part, comprises over 50 fee earners. 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
The main roles and responsibilities will be to support other fee earners in the team in all aspects of their caseload, including but not limited to:
- Undertaking research;
- Preparing bundles for court;
- Drafting routine correspondence, court applications and statements (particularly for arrears possession actions and gas access injunctions) under supervision;
- General case management (including liaising with the courts, clients and opponents, process servers and advocates);
- Instructing advocates/counsel where necessary;
- Preparing disclosure of documents; and
- Any other duties as reasonably requested
Candidate specification
Paralegals are expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative and have a responsive and proactive approach to the work. Candidates should have:
- a minimum of 12 months’ experience of similar work;
- good communication skills;
- good administration skills; and
- good IT skills.
Experience of social housing would be advantageous although not essential. Candidates will however be expected to demonstrate at interview that they:
- are well organised;
- have good attention to detail;
- are proactive; and
- are self-motivated.
Candidates must ideally be available to start immediately (or within one month) and if you are interested in applying for this position please apply by sending your covering letter and CV via the vacancies section on our website at www.capsticks.com. The deadline for applications is 5.00pm on Wednesday 20 August 2014.
Candidates should be aware:
- as part of the interview process there will be a written test, details of which will be provided to those candidates the firm calls for interview; and
- the firm is 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.
Salary:
£18,000 plus bonus
Commencing:
As soon as possible
Location:
Southampton
Hours:
9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday
Reports to:
Mike Owen
