You should support the team, handle documents, prepare cost updates, manage new cases, arrange expert conferences, track expenses, and assist with invoicing and account queries.

You will produce notes and court documents, prepare cost updates, index files, arrange expert meetings, and handle billing, including checking invoices and managing account queries.

Legal

United Kingdom

Cardiff

Slater and Gordon is a prominent UK-based law firm specialising in providing legal services to individuals and businesses. The firm offers a wide range of services, including personal injury claims, family law, employment law, and commercial legal advice. Slater and Gordon’s ultimate mission is to deliver accessible, high-quality legal representation and support to clients, ensuring they receive expert advice and effective solutions tailored to their needs. The firm’s purpose is to advocate for justice and protect the rights of its clients, helping them navigate legal challenges with confidence and competence.

Slater Gordon

Slater and Gordon is one of the UK’s largest law firms, providing you with easy access to world-class legal services.

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 Legal Assistant - Clinical Negligence
 Location: Cardiff
 Salary: £Competitive
 Contract Type: Fixed Term
 Position Type: Full Time
 
 Closing Date: {Expiry Date}
 
 We are recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our successful Clinical Negligence team in Cardiff.
 
 Supporting the wider team, we are looking for those who can produce file and telephone notes and court documents. The successful applicant will also be responsible for preparing and calculating figures for costs update letters and opening new matters. Other duties would include producing welcome packs, time recording and indexing documents. Alongside this, there will also be times where conferences with experts will need to be arranged, with booking travel/accommodation and courses for fee earners.
 
 There will also be a billing element to the role, checking disbursements, chasing invoices and dealing with account queries.
 
 What we offer in return:
 
 We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits: 
 
 <ul>
 <li>Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)</li>
 <li>35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment</li>
 <li>25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays</li>
 <li>Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days</li>
 <li>Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral</li>
 <li>Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)</li>
 <li>Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more</li>
 <li>Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions</li>
 <li>Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injury</li>
 <li>Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more</li>
 <li>Life Assurance cover</li>
 <li>Workplace pension</li>
 <li>Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores</li>
 <li>Dental Insurance</li>
 <li>Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services</li>
 </ul>
 
 Your Professional Development
 
 We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.
 
 Our Values
 
 Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.
 
 How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
 <ul>
 <li> We do what we say we will</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li> We don’t wait we create</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li> We own it, we sort it</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li> We respect and encourage each other</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li> We make time to live</li>
 </ul>
 
 The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.
 
 For further information, please contact steven.baylis@slatergordon.uk
 Please Note - Vacancies may close prior to the expiry date displayed, subject to volume of applications received.
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 Legal Assistant - Clinical Negligence
  Location: Cardiff
  Salary: £Competitive
  Contract Type: Fixed Term
  Position Type: Full Time
 
  Closing Date: {Expiry Date}
 
  We are recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our successful Clinical Negligence team in Cardiff.
 
  Supporting the wider team, we are looking for those who can produce file and telephone notes and court documents. The successful applicant will also be responsible for preparing and calculating figures for costs update letters and opening new matters. Other duties would include producing welcome packs, time recording and indexing documents. Alongside this, there will also be times where conferences with experts will need to be arranged, with booking travel/accommodation and courses for fee earners.
 
  There will also be a billing element to the role, checking disbursements, chasing invoices and dealing with account queries.
 
  What we offer in return:
 
  We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:
 
 
  Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
  35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment
  25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
  Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
  Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral
  Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
  Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
  Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
  Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injury
  Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
  Life Assurance cover
  Workplace pension
  Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
  Dental Insurance
  Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services
 
 
  Your Professional Development
 
  We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.
 
  Our Values
 
  Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.
 
  How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
 
   We do what we say we will
 
 
   We don’t wait we create
 
 
   We own it, we sort it
 
 
   We respect and encourage each other
 
 
   We make time to live
 
 
  The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.
 
  For further information, please contact steven.baylis@slatergordon.uk
  Please Note - Vacancies may close prior to the expiry date displayed, subject to volume of applications received.



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