Overview Role as Legal Cost Accountant in a growing function working on the defence side of litigation in the medical claims arena.
Principal Accountabilities Professionally analyse and scrutinise incoming bills of costs including liability for payment Represent the State Claims Agency on the Taxation or other appropriate forum or by way of negotiation of costs and or the presentation of oral or written submissions necessarily required or directed.
Liaise with external panel solicitors and legal advisers and relevant Government Agencies taking instructions for the purpose of opposing bills of costs and dealing with all aspects of legal costs related queries.
Management of a caseload comprising a variety of legal costs claims Provision of reports and statistical data as required Providing full support to the Head of Legal Costs and in-house Solicitors and Claims Management teams.
Knowledge Knowledge of legal costs jurisprudence and the rules of court pertaining to adjudication of legal costs.
Experience of negotiating and/or adjudicating incoming solicitors bills of costs Experience Experience as a Legal Costs Accountant, Costs Lawyer or as a Litigation Professional with exposure to the management of legal costs claims.