Litigation Paralegal

Litigation Paralegal

Location: Chester Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience Job type: Full time, permanent

Are you a paralegal with at least a year of dispute resolution experience, looking for a role where you actually get near the interesting work?

We are recruiting on behalf of a well regarded, growing law firm in Chester. Their Dispute Resolution team is expanding, and they want a proactive, well organised paralegal to grow with it.

This is not a photocopying and filing role. You will support senior fee earners across the full lifecycle of complex litigation, from first enquiry through to hearing.

What you will be doing

• Supporting fee earners with supervised fee earning tasks, with accuracy and compliance at the core
• Preparing court documents and bundles under the guidance of senior team members
• Handling new enquiries in line with team processes
• Attending meetings, mediations and court hearings, taking detailed notes and uploading them to the case management system
• Acting as a point of contact when fee earners are out, managing calls and escalating urgent matters
• Providing routine client updates and drafting follow up correspondence to keep cases moving
• Using your initiative to make information requests and enquiries that progress matters
• Managing outgoing correspondence, standard and non standard, to a high standard

What they are looking for

• At least 1 year of experience in Dispute Resolution. Exposure to commercial and contract disputes, intellectual property, partnership and shareholder disputes, or property litigation is ideal
• A genuine interest in litigation as a career, not just a stepping stone
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong organisation and real attention to detail
• Confidence using case management systems
• A commitment to first class client care and high professional standards

What is on offer

Leave

• 24 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• An additional 3 paid office closure days between Christmas and New Year
• Your birthday off

Health and wellbeing

• Private health cover
• Medical cashback scheme
• 24 hour GP service
• Life cover at 4x annual salary
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme

Family

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave and pay

Financial and reward

• Employer pension contribution
• £1,000 recruitment referral scheme
• Voucher reward schemes

Culture

• A dedicated CSR committee with regular social and charity events

Why this role

If you have done a year or more in dispute resolution and you are ready for higher quality work, better exposure and a clear path forward, this is worth a conversation. You will be working closely with experienced litigators on genuinely engaging matters, in a firm that invests properly in its people.

Apply now with your CV or get in touch for a confidential chat about the role.