Irwin Mitchell · 22 hours ago
Costs Budgeter (5899)
Sheffield, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid LevelIrwin Mitchell is a national law firm with a local reach, dedicated to helping individuals and businesses navigate legal challenges. The Costs Budgeter role involves preparing and managing Costs Budgets, negotiating with opponents, and ensuring accurate cost projections for litigation.
Legal
Responsibilities
You'll be responsible for preparing budgets and related work including, but not limited to, undertaking negotiations with opponents as necessary on Precedent R documents, preparing statements of issues agreed and not agreed, preparing budget comparison documents and other supporting documents, preparing Precedent T documents and supporting internal clients to apply for updated budgets as required
You'll be obtaining instructions from internal clients on all multi-track case types for the projection of future costs to be incurred to Trial. It will be necessary to liaise with our internal clients for the preparation of the ‘Costs Budget’
You'll liaise with internal advocates or Counsel attending Costs Case Management Conferences and should be capable of being able to converse confidently regarding the contents of the ‘Costs Budget’ prepared
Be involved in ensuring data is maintained for the work undertaken in the way of fully particularised personal time recording, maintaining ‘Costs Budget’ data on the firm’s internal systems and following the internal processes developed for ‘Costs Budget’ preparation and ‘Negotiations’
Qualification
Required
Prior experience of costs budgets, whether through a specific costs role or a general legal fee earning role
A comprehensive understanding of the relevant case law related to costs
Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders across the business
Demonstrable negotiation skills
Preferred
Desirable financial or legal qualifications e.g.: ILEX Part 1 Year 1
Desirable Financial or law degree
Benefits
25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
Generous and flexible pension schemes.
Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
Company
Irwin Mitchell
Irwin Mitchell are national full-service law firm with an open and honest approach
Founded in 1912
1,001-5,000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Georgie Collins
Head of Business Legal Services, London and Head of IP & Media, London
Wayne Lynn
Partner
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