Senior Legal Assistant - Dynamite Recruitment Solutions Ltd : Job Details

Senior Legal AssistantHybrid working available, on-site parking with good transport links, Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm. Great benefits and salary of £34k to £38k. Dynamite Recruitment is currently working in partnership with a very well-established corporate business who are based in the local area. Due to huge growth plans our client is now looking to expand their specialist legal team and require a senior legal assistant. As a Senior Legal Assistant, you be responsible for the following tasks:  You will be working as part of a Specialist Legal Services team and handle a variety of defended and bespoke litigation files from start to finish. These cases will range from Innocent Purchasers, SARS, DPA requests, Dealer Claims and other ad-hoc matters.  Your daily tasks will include the following:

• Working within a team of Legal Assistants to support them with their caseloads of Return of Goods, Money Claims and enforcement where necessary.
• Defending claims where proceedings have been issued against the business.
• Avoiding reputational damage and mitigating ongoing financial risk to the business.
• Taking management of specific cases that require corresponding with various third parties and customers.  In this regard, all correspondence must be signed as you being their “Legal Case Manager”.
• Having an awareness of the cost implementations of cases you are involved in and the commercial benefit in continuing or withdrawing from a claim.
• Striving for the best outcome for the business on every occasion.
• Adhere to the FCA Conduct rules.

 The Ideal Senior Legal Assistant will have / Be

• Previous experience as a senior legal assistant / legal assistant.
• Experience handling a defended and contentious caseload.
• Have experience of court advocacy.
• Expert knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules.
• Working knowledge of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
• Excellent Planning and organisational skill.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

  To be considered for this position please submit your CV immediately!