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Paralegal - Employment, Bristol

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Job Introduction

DAC Beachcroft LLP is looking to recruit a Paralegal to join their Employment, Pensions and Immigration Group in Bristol.

The Employment, Pensions and Immigration Group is one of the largest teams in the UK with over 110 fee earners and 17 Partners.  The team advises public, private and third sector employers on human resource issues from daily personnel matters, including disciplinary and grievance issues, to strategic management issues such as collective redundancy programmes, industrial action, transfers of employees both within and outside the UK..  The Group handles approximately 1,000 Employment Tribunal claims per annum.

Role Responsibility

The role is to become a member of our Bristol employment team supporting key client teams in respect of a high number of employment tribunal claims and the management information/reporting requirements in respect of these. The role may include an element of fee earning opportunities for the right candidate, although this is secondary to the requirements for the successful candidate to provide full support to the team.

For the right candidate, the role can include:

  • Undertaking a wide range of document management activities, including collating and working on an initial assessment of documents
  • Considering evidence to establish relevant witnesses and checking availability, and drafting basic witness statements
  • Assisting with drafting and lodging defences to claims
  • Drafting agendas and lists of issues for case management discussions
  • Considering directions and complying egg preparing disclosure lists and liaising with other side to agree upon a hearing bundle
  • Drafting counter schedules of loss
  • Drafting COT3s in advance of settlement and liaising with other side to agree COT3 wording in pursuance of settlement
  • Drafting briefs to counsel and liaising with barristers and clerks
  • Drafting applications to Employment Tribunals and liaising with Tribunals
  • Drafting costs applications and preparing schedules of costs
  • Regular liaison with other paralegals, trainees and lawyers to ensure the efficient management of caseloads and deadlines

The Ideal Candidate

  • Previous experience of working as a paralegal and/or working on an HR helpline would be ideal but is not essential
  • Previous experience of handling employee relations issues either in an HR or legal capacity would be ideal but is not essential
  • A confident communicator. Able to deal effectively with internal and external contacts in both verbal and written communication in a clear concise and friendly manner
  • An eye for quality and sound IT skills
  • A flexible and self-motivated team player
  • Graduate in law or related subject/CPE

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,400 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 12 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami.  We are a founding member of the Legalign Alliance which includes firms in Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the US as well as associations with firms in Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Hong Kong and Peru.

We are known for our market-leading presence in sectors such as Insurance, Health and Real Estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for the majority of the top 30 insurance and financial services companies operating in the UK. We are the asset management lawyers for the UK’s largest shopping centres and act for 9 of the UK’s top 10 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 155 Chambers UK 2019 practice area and individual lawyer rankings, including 30 rankings at 'Band 1' level. In Legal 500 UK, 2018, the firm received top tier ranking for 32 of its practice areas and 59 practice areas in the top two tiers. In March 2018, we were named as one of Legal Week's Best Legal Advisors for the third year running, achieving category-leading satisfaction scores for our commercial approach, service delivery, quality of legal advice, communication & responsiveness and overall relationships.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

DAC Beachcroft

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