Undisclosed Commissions File Handler

About Us

Claimsmiths is a focused disputes practice for individuals, born out of Brandsmiths, the specialist intellectual property, sports and commercial law firm with a rich litigation heritage. Brandsmiths hold rankings in the Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, plus The Times Top Law Firms, with a reputation for results in high stakes litigation – all the way to the Supreme Court.

Claimsmiths provides top results in consumer actions. The team include some of the leading data protection, finance, housing disrepair and professional negligence lawyers in England and Wales. We are highly experienced in running a range of claims, which includes precedent setting litigation.

We pride ourselves on offering a supportive and collegiate atmosphere. At all levels we recruit people who have the potential to progress their careers with us. Many of our former paralegals are now qualified solicitors with us, for example.

We are looking for an experienced Undisclosed Commissions File Handler to join our Claimsmiths team. The successful candidate will have an eye for detail, be driven by delivering quality work as part of an industry leading litigation team, managing their own caseload as well as assisting more senior fee earners on larger matters.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to join a leading litigation team.

The Role Profile

The role will include:

· Managing a case load of Undisclosed Commission claims from inception to settlement

· Drafting of letters, legal documents and file notes

· Corresponding with other parties, the client, insurers, funders, court and counsel

· Proceeding through litigation, and drafting relevant court documents to assist the litigation

· Dealing with and calculating fixed costs, or corresponding with costs draftsman on multi-track matters

· Completing legal research to strengthen case positions and assisting on wider projects

· Ensuring documents drafted and sent out are of high quality and a consistent approach is applied to all documents

· Assisting with marketing initiatives where required

About You

· Experienced Undisclosed Commissions File Handler

· Ability to work autonomously and in a team

· Organised with effective time management skills to ensure deadlines are met

· Good communication skills

· Commercially aware

· Confident with Word, Excel and Outlook

· A positive and proactive attitude

· Goal orientated with a strong desire to improve and succeed

· Likely to be based in Manchester, but stand-out candidates in other locations (including remote) considered – note that travel to Manchester Office 3 days a week is required

What next?

· Send your C.V. to manchesterrecruitment@brandsmiths.co.uk and claimsmiths.recruitment@claimsmiths.co.uk