Paralegal

DAS Law are seeking a Paralegal to join our growing Contract Disputes team within our Volume Department. As part of the Wider DAS UK Group, which includes our market-leading Legal Expenses Insurance provision, DAS Law enjoys a steady stream of varied and interesting work in to the firm.

Recently, the department has experienced significant growth aided by internal promotions. As such, we are now looking to further bolster the team’s expertise and capabilities and are seeking candidates who are keen to gain early file responsibility and client contact.

As a Paralegal you can expect to proactively handle a varied caseload across a range of different types of contract disputes, mostly consumer but some commercial. These are predominately small claims up to £10,000 in value with the opportunity to progress to some low value Fast Track cases as you build upon your knowledge and experience. In addition, you can expect to assess prospects of success, draft and prepare pleadings, court applications (with Counsel’s assistance where appropriate) and litigate cases through to trial where necessary, whilst providing confident and clear advice to a diverse range of clients including individuals and companies.

This is a great opportunity to join a hard-working and friendly team which lives the DAS values with a dedication to mutual respect, continuous improvement and client care and places a real emphasis on creating opportunities to promote lawyers from within the team.

We would like to hear from LLB/GDL or LPC graduates, ILEX or those with equivalent experience, with an interest in developing their legal skills and who can demonstrate:

• Knowledge of contract law and civil procedures. No experience in handling contract law disputes cases and of litigation procedure is required however applicants are expected to be competent in contract law principles and have knowledge of litigation and the CPR;
• Good written and verbal communication skills;
• A confident telephone manner;
• Accurate and concise letter writing abilities;
• Excellent client care skills; and
• A strong commitment to client care and quality of work to ensure a seamless customer experience.

In return for your commitment we will offer you generous remuneration and a benefits package to include:

• 25 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
• Company pension scheme (2.5% employee / 6% employer) with the option to increase contributions
• Group Income Protection for all employees
• Group Legal Protection for all employees
• A choice of either European Motor Assistance or Home Emergency Assistance
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cyclescheme and season ticket loans
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme including an employee Health Cash Plan and a range of free weekly exercise classes (dependent on your office location)
• Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits and shopping trips

We have historically focussed on delivering legal services to customers solely via our Legal Expenses Insurance products, which provides a steady workload of litigated cases in areas such as;

• Personal Injury
• Litigation & Dispute Management
• Employment
• Business & Commercial

We believe these are exciting times for DAS Law as part of the wider DAS UK Group and we are looking for likeminded individuals who share our ambition to make our high quality legal solutions accessible and affordable. ‘Doing the right thing’ is central to our behaviour – from building trust, being accountable, creating good customer outcomes is at the heart of everything that we do which we believe drives performance.

You can expect to join an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career in ways that traditional law firms cannot. We are also committed to supporting continued professional development and promote both internal Training Contracts and alternative routes to qualification (CILEX).

By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.

If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. In addition to the very genuine development opportunities we provide we also offer a generous reward and benefits package.