Senior Legal Assistant in Chatham

Senior Legal AssistantHybrid working available, on-site parking with good transport links, Monday to Friday, 9AM to 5:30PM.

Great benefits and salary of £34,000 to £38,000. 

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 reputation damage within the company 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