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Paralegal - Criminal Motor Defence

DAC Beachcroft LLP

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Police station accredited
  • At least 2 years’ experience in criminal litigation
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Full driving licence and willingness to travel

Responsibilities

  • Provide police station representation for serious road traffic offences
  • Attend court with counsel to assist in criminal proceedings
  • Analyse and advise on evidence, interview witnesses, and draft statements
  • Manage own caseload and financials, meeting productivity and KPI targets

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork
  • Proactivity

About the company

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DAC Beachcroft LLP

DAC Beachcroft is a leading international legal business with offices across Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. We partner with our clients to help them achieve sustainable growth and to defend their business and reputation. We do this by taking a tailored approach to providing commercial, transactional, claims, risk and advisory legal services. We are recognised leaders in Insurance, Health and Real Estate and draw on the knowledge, industry experience and commercial expertise of our outstanding 2,600 lawyers and support colleagues in these sectors and beyond. We are forward-thinking, flexible and easy to engage with and we're proud that our clients tell us regularly that we're great to work with. We know that our clients value advice that is innovative, practical and personal to them, and we pride ourselves on getting to the heart of their businesses. We measure our performance against their expectations and embrace change as a necessary stage in evolving and strengthening our relationships. The close working relationship we enjoy with our clients has not been built overnight but honed carefully over the last 250 years. This means today our clients can remain confident they have the very best legal expertise available.

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Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

We are looking for a paralegal to join our Criminal Motor Defence team which is a recognised market leader in the criminal representation of drivers involved in serious motoring offences. Clients range from professional drivers to individual motorists. 
What you will do?
  • Provide police station representation to drivers who are under police investigation for serious and fatal road traffic offences; 
  • Attend the Magistrates' Court and Crown Court with counsel to assist counsel and your client in respect of criminal proceedings; 
  • Attend the coroner's court with counsel in relation to inquests related to fatal road traffic collisions;
  • Day to day responsibilities will include analysing and advising upon evidence, attending police interviews, briefing counsel, reporting to insurer clients, interviewing witnesses and drafting witness statements;
  • Responsible for financial management of own caseload, to include regular billing;
  • Working to productivity and fee income targets, as well as client Key Performance Indicators (KPIs);
  • Handle a varied workload in accordance with client protocols;
  • Act as a point of contact for clients, demonstrating a level of knowledge and skill commensurate with experience;
  • Exercise full compliance with DAC Beachcroft protocols on billing and credit control and demonstrate a high level of financial management in respect of own files;
  • Build an awareness of the Firm's other services. Build effective internal and external networks;
  • Maintain an awareness of the firm's strategies and plans;
  • Maintain and develop technical knowledge and handle confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols.

Who you are
  • Experienced and knowledgeable  lawyer- police station accredited and with at least 2 years’ experience gained in criminal litigation.
  • Excellent communication skills and an ability to deal appropriately and sensitively with drivers involved in serious and fatal road traffic accidents.
  • Meet and exceed budgetary requirements in terms of both time and fee income.
  • Proactive and energetic with a tenacious approach to identifying issues and solving problems.
  • Willingness to work out of hours where required to attend police stations.
  • Ability to work to productivity and fee income targets, as well as client Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and adherence to strict quality working standards; and Team oriented. A collegiate approach to sharing knowledge and working with both senior and junior colleagues across different locations and practice groups is essential.
  • Must have full driving licence and be prepared to travel.
  • Demonstrates alignment with the Firm’s Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive).

What's in it for you?
  • High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/Work-with-us/Whats-in-it-for-you
  • A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
  • Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
  • In person and remote social events
  • Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

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