Paralegal - Costs (Document Review)
Paralegal - Costs (Document Review)
Department: CSG - Strategic (Advocacy / Costs / Safety, Health and Environment / Criminal / Abuse / Travel)
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Remote - England and Wales
Description
The CSG costs product currently deals with some 700 instructions a month dealing with a wide range of work types referred from all the different clusters within DAC Beachcroft LLP. The strategic aim of the department is to provide litigation costs expertise on demand across the broad range of work carried out throughout the business from low value injury claims to complex multi-million international commercial litigation. As well as providing services relating to all aspects of costs litigation, data review and e-disclosure support services are also delivered with a specialist manual review team. The team routinely delivers high-volume, fast-paced document analysis across a broad range of origins including cyber, multi-party litigation and sensitive dense disclosure exercises.
Currently the product has two Partners, six Legal Director and two Associates. There are in total 53 lawyers across a broad range of experience including Solicitors, Chartered Legal Executives, Costs Lawyers and Paralegals.
There are currently two opportunities in the Manual Review Team with applicants with experience of document review and disclosure project welcome to include knowledge of using eDiscovery platforms. The team delivers work that is consistent, well-documented, and defensible, suitable for litigation, regulatory disclosures, DSAR responses, and incident-response contexts. We are currently accepting applications from candidates with no or minimal experience in costs or data review. This is a full-time position to be based in our Birmingham office and is an opportunity for an existing paralegal to broaden their experience and develop their skill-set as part of a growth area. There will be opportunities to be involved in large high-profile projects with supervisory and leadership opportunities in the future.
What you will do?
Specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Reviewers are trained to categorise information with precision, including:
- Relevance and responsiveness, determining whether documents and data fall within the scope of a request
- Identify and escalate sensitive, confidential, privileged, or high-risk information where appropriate. Accurately tagging and categorising information against defined review criteria
- Applying redactions consistently and in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory obligations
- Carry out and support multiple layers of review, from initial document review and categorisation through to quality control ensuring the accuracy of review decisions
- Depending upon work-loads and previous experience of the successful candidate, data review team members may also deal with individual costs claims up to £100,000 in value
- Assume responsibility for quality control and benchmark compliance on own caseload, including accuracy and timeliness of management reporting and information
- Demonstrating a high level of financial management in respect of own files
- To hit, maintain and apply a consistent approach to all individual targets of chargeable time, financial performance, realisation rates, settlement rates and average claim spend, achieving a minimum budgeted annual target of 1440 chargeable hours per year
- Maintaining and developing technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications
Who you are
- Educated to law degree or equivalent
- IT literate with a good working knowledge of Excel and Word.
- Have an ability to adopt a commercial perspective to legal issues rather than a purely academic approach
- Must be able to work under pressure and be dedicated to meet required deadlines
- Demonstrates alignment with the Firm’s Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive)
What's in it for you?
- High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/Work-with-us/Whats-in-it-for-you
- A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
- Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
- In person and remote social events
- Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
