Criminal Litigation Paralegal
Birmingham
£22,000-24,000 p/a
Bell Cornwall Recruitment are delighted to be working with a rapidly growing specialist law firm in the Birmingham area. They are looking for a criminal litigation paralegal to join their team at an exciting time.
The role:
The role will involve assisting Partners and Associates with a wide range of commercial and criminal litigation matters.
The successful applicant will be expected to work in the areas of:
1. Insolvency Litigation
2. Commercial Litigation
3. Civil Fraud
4. Tax Litigation
5. Financial Crime
6. Financial Restraint & Asset Forfeiture
7. Serious & General Crime
8. Regulatory Investigations including professional discipline.
Duties include but are not limited to:
9. Attend client conferences/conferences with Counsel
10. Draft letters, formal documents and defence statements
11. Consider voluminous disclosure and preparing detailed disclosure requests
12. Have a working knowledge of the Criminal Procedure Rules
13. Train as an Accredited Police Station Representative and advise clients in the police station
14. Prepare Instructions & Briefs to Counsel
15. Prepare trial bundles
The successful candidate:
16. Good academic qualifications (minimum 2:1 Degree) & LPC/BPTC
17. Common sense and good judgement
18. Punctuality and good time keeping
19. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
20. Being administratively proficient
21. Excellent I.T. skills to include use of case management systems and online legal research tools
22. Good legal research skills and ability to draft well-constructed written legal notes/arguments
23. An ability to work hard and to meet demanding deadlines
A great opportunity for someone excited by a career in criminal law.