Redkite Law
Costs Lawyer - Personal Injury
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Costs Lawyer – Personal Injury
Location
Cardiff (once a week hybrid)
Contract
Permanent, Full-time
Hours
35 hours, Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Costs Lawyer to join us in our Cardiff office as part of our growing Personal Injury team. The successful candidate will work with a high degree of autonomy to deliver specialist costs support across a varied caseload, while also helping shape and develop our costs function in collaboration with colleagues across the firm.
Redkite Solicitors has been trusted to provide exceptional legal advice to individuals, families, and businesses since 1898. As a progressive, full-service law firm, we’re driven by growth and innovation, continuously expanding our reach to meet the diverse needs of our clients. With nearly 300 dedicated professionals, we’re proud to be recognised as an employer of choice, with a number of our lawyers recognised in both Legal 500 and Chambers, reflecting the strength and quality of our expertise. Our ongoing commitment to excellence and expansion ensures Redkite remains at the forefront of the legal sector.
Candidates should be aware that their first day of employment may be based at an alternative Redkite office within our network, for group onboarding. A willingness to travel and spend the day away from your usual place of work is therefore required.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Manage a varied caseload of costs matters across Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence claims, supporting cases from budgeting through to recovery.
- Prepare Bills of Costs, Costs Budgets (Precedent H), Budget Discussion Reports (Precedent R), Precedent S documents, and other key costs-related documentation.
- Draft and respond to Points of Dispute and Points of Reply, ensuring compliance with CPR, case law, and costs management protocols.
- Negotiate costs settlements with opponents, third parties, and costs firms, while advising fee earners and partners on costs strategy and recovery.
- Attend Detailed Assessment hearings and CCMCs where required, including preparing hearing bundles, statements of costs, and supporting documentation.
- Provide guidance and support to colleagues on costs issues and best practices, while contributing to training, reporting, and the continuous development of costs processes across the firm.
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Requirements
Who We’re Looking For:
- Qualified Costs Lawyer and experience handling costs matters within Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence claims.
- Strong technical knowledge of costs law and procedure, including costs budgeting, detailed assessment, dispute resolution, and recovery processes, with excellent drafting, negotiation, and advocacy skills.
- Confident advising fee earners and stakeholders on costs strategy, with strong communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across the firm.
- Experience using costs software and case management systems, with familiarity with Costs Master considered advantageous.
- Proactive, organised, and self-motivated, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to contribute to the growth and development of a costs function.
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Benefits
What’s In It For You?
- We’re committed to creating a supportive, collaborative, and high-performing legal team. You’ll be joining colleagues who are not only legally excellent but also commercially astute and down-to-earth. We value trust, teamwork and excellence, and offer an environment where you can grow and succeed.
- A collaborative, friendly working environment with regular team connection days
- Generous annual leave (plus additional days with length of service)
- Option to buy or sell annual leave
- Life Assurance
- Redkite Rewards scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Contributions to gym membership
- Career development and learning support -... and much more
How to Apply
If you’re ready to make a difference in a positive and dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you - please apply now!
At Redkite, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone is valued. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, and neurodiversity. We are dedicated to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond to ensure all employees can thrive. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to support you. We believe that diversity strengthens our team and helps us better serve our clients.
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