Experience

Cost Law Services

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Keoghs

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Feb 2020 - Aug 2022

  Responsible for a varied caseload of paying party matters spanning cat PI, clinical negligence, comm lit, disease, EL/PL and RTA.Advise internal and external clients on cost matters.

• Team Leader

  • Oct 2017 - Feb 2020

  Management of a team handling all types of paying party cost claims with some receiving party matters. Responsible for supervision, recruitment and training as well as assisting with professional development. Orchestrate strategic litigation and independently run a varied caseload of cost files. Prepare client reports to detail performance and benchmark against KPIs. Forecast performance and proactively manage capacity. Ensure performance against objectives and manage client accounts to ensure efficient billing.

• Associate

  • Jun 2016 - Oct 2017

  Continuation of the below.

• Cost Negotiator, In-House

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2016

  Responsible for a varied caseload, working independently to identify a wide array of issues and raise disputes regarding predominantly fixed costs. Draft applications, Points of Dispute and progress matters to Detailed/Provisional Assessment where necessary.Attend in-house TL meetings, raising cost issues, highlighting case law and aiding with the formulation of cost strategiesUndertake client audits; collate, extrapolate and draft reports identifying leakage.Advise litigation fee earners, team leaders and client employees on a wide array of cost issues including all aspects of the Jackson reforms packageDraft monthly litigation report, providing detailed analysis of the in-house costs fee earners’ performance and successes achieved.

• Cost Negotiator

  • Nov 2010 - Sep 2011

  Responsible for a caseload of RTA and EL/PL files on both a delegated and non-delegated basis.Reviewed files and formulated an appropriate negotiation strategy. Drafted Points of Dispute and instructed counsel to attend hearings where necessary

• Paralegal

  • Aug 2010 - Nov 2010

  Worked directly with multiple fee earners, ensuring organisation of caseloads, maintaining accurate diary management to ensure critical dates were met.Liaised with solicitors maintaining a consistent dialogue throughout the offer and negotiation process.



ODEON Cinemas Group

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Member

  • Nov 2009 - Aug 2010

  Worked as a team member in a customer facing role in order to fund the study of the Graduate Diploma in Law. Worked as a team member in a customer facing role in order to fund the study of the Graduate Diploma in Law.



Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Services Agent

  • Nov 2008 - Sep 2009

  Assisted customers in seeking employment opportunities, ensuring proactivity evidenced weekly. Given a finance role after a number of months requiring high levels of organisation and attention to detail. Assisted customers in seeking employment opportunities, ensuring proactivity evidenced weekly. Given a finance role after a number of months requiring high levels of organisation and attention to detail.