Costs Team Leader

Overview

In this role you lead a Costs Team supporting Medical Negligence matters, guiding Trainees, Law Costs Draftsmen and Costs Lawyers to deliver high-quality costs work. You will partner with Medical Negligence teams to align on requirements and ensure timely, accurate bills, pleadings and assessments. You’ll shape the team’s standards and workflows while engaging senior stakeholders to strengthen service delivery and market profile. This is a chance to drive efficiency, accuracy and strategic development in a specialist legal costs function.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• supportive and collaborative environment
• hybrid working arrangements
• genuine career progression
• professional development opportunities
• focus on work-life balance

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and support to a multidisciplinary costs team
• Maintain technical standards and manage workflow for consistent service
• Act as senior point of contact for Medical Negligence teams and stakeholders
• Oversee complex costs work (Bills of Costs, pleadings, detailed assessments)
• Support colleagues on high-value matters and resolve issues quickly
• Contribute to wider strategy and development of the Costs function
• Represent the team in stakeholder discussions and initiatives to enhance service and profile

Key requirements

• Experience leading or supervising people, ideally in costs, legal services, or a professional environment
• Strong knowledge of costs work within medical/clinical negligence or high-value personal injury
• Understanding of costs budgeting, detailed assessment, Civil Procedure Rules, legal aid provisions and costs recovery
• Excellent organisational skills for deadline-driven environments
• Excellent communication skills with senior stakeholders
• Practical problem-solving approach and openness to process improvements
• Awareness of accurate time recording, costs systems and management information

• leadership
• communication
• stakeholder engagement
• costs knowledge in medical negligence
• Bills of Costs and detailed assessment
• Civil Procedure Rules

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