Billing Assistants - City of London & Nationwide

Duncan Lewis Solicitors (Ltd):

Regulated by the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority, Duncan Lewis Solicitors was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in the City of London (Fenchurch Street EC3M), with offices nationwide. We are recognised by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK independent legal directories as a top-tier law firm in all of our key practice areas – “a diligent and professional team that is prepared to go the extra mile for its clients”. A paperless law firm with over 500 personnel that embraces hybrid-working, we service both corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 areas of law across 60 languages. We give people a voice - that is our ethos.

Recognised among The Times 200 Best Law Firms, we have been awarded Law Firm of the Year at the 2024 Lexis Nexis Awards and 2023 Modern Law Awards, reflecting our dedication to legal expertise and client service. We hold Investors in People Gold Standard accreditation for over 15 years, showcasing our commitment to professional development. Duncan Lewis is also Law Society Lexcel, Cyber Essentials Plus, and ISO 27001 certified, ensuring excellence in practice management and data security.

We are committed to recruiting dedicated and talented professionals and welcome applications from exceptional candidates. At Duncan Lewis, we value training and diversity, and we take pride in our inclusive workforce.

The Role:

The ideal candidate will be joining an established team of Costs Lawyers/ Draftspersons with offices nationwide to assist and support billing process and recovery to the legal profession. You will have strong technical knowledge and experience of drafting bills. The company is looking for Billing Assistants with significant experience to 'hit the ground running'.

Main Responsibilities of the Role:

• Report directly to Manager
• Managing and processing files for external costs draftsmen to prepare detailed bills of costs
• Processing of Legal Aid bills and ensuring files are sent to the Legal Aid Agency without delay
• Processing of bills with enclosures to Supreme Court Costs Office
• Assisting with legal aid payments on account
• Assisting with payment of Invoices
• Processing of bills post assessment and preparing final costs certificate
• Processing bills payable by third parties
• General administration of documents- filing, scanning and archiving
• Liaising with experts

Key Skills Required:

• Being proactive
• A good academic background with a willingness to learn and self-develop
• Good communications skills to work effectively with all types of people
• Good attention to detail
• Excellent numerical skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and to tight deadlines
• Excellent IT skills with ability to process information using relevant software (databases, spreadsheet packages).
• Business acumen

The recruitment process will fully comply with GDPR and other applicable laws. Background checks including CRB / DBS checks will establish your eligibility to work in the UK and suitability to the role.

Equal Opportunities:

Duncan Lewis is committed to Equal Opportunities and embraces diversity of its staff. The Company strives to ensure that our staff reflects the diversity of the communities we serve, which is reflective at all levels within our workforce. We guarantee an interview for candidates that disclose a disability and meet the essential requirements for the post. Please provide additional details in your covering letter if this applies.