# Costs Negotiator

**Company**: Davies
**Location**: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We are seeking a Junior Costs Negotiator to join our Newcastle team. As a Junior Costs Negotiator, you will work on a varied portfolio of RTA, EL and PL matters, with exposure to budgeting, costs negotiations and detailed assessment work. You will also work closely with lawyers and insurers, giving you the opportunity to develop both your technical expertise and commercial approach.

Key Responsibilities:

- Managing your own caseload from initial review through to settlement

- Drafting Precedent H costs budgets and analysing Claimants' budgets

- Preparing Precedent R and ensuring compliance with Costs Case Management Orders

- Drafting Points of Dispute and considering Replies

- Negotiating costs settlements on RTA, EL and PL matters

- Conducting early telephone negotiations with opponents

- Advising lawyers on costs issues and strategy

- Liaising with insurers throughout the life of a file

- Identifying the most effective costs strategy and working towards early resolution

- Maintaining accurate case management, billing and management information

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise:

- Minimum of six months' experience within a costs environment

- Experience managing your own caseload

- Good telephone negotiation and communication skills

- Previous client liaison experience

- Understanding of the Detailed Assessment process, costs case law and insurance litigation

- Strong organisation and prioritisation skills

- Confidence using your own initiative and making decisions

- Ability to remain calm and focused when managing competing priorities

Benefits:

- Davies Incentive Plan

- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service

- Simply Health Care Cash Plan

- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics

- Death In Service – after 1 year's service

- Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer

- Employee Resource Groups

- Employee Volunteering Programme

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Tech Scheme

- Season Ticket Loan

- Gym Flex

- Access to Online Discount Sites

- Discounted Gourmet Society Membership

- Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide

- Discounts at local retail outlets

## Skills

### Required
- costs negotiation
- budgeting
- case management
- communication
- organisation

### Nice to have
- telephone negotiation
- client liaison
- Detailed Assessment process
- costs case law
- insurance litigation

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