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Job Post Details

Paralegal - Employment - job post

DAC Beachcroft
3.1 out of 5 stars
Leeds LS1 2ND•Hybrid work
Permanent

Job details

Job type

  • Permanent

Location

Leeds LS1 2ND•Hybrid work

Full job description

Description


The Leeds Employment team acts for a range of market leading clients across the financial services, healthcare and commercial sectors. The team has a strong and growing reputation in the Leeds market and is recognised as Band/Tier 1 in both the latest Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 UK rankings.
The team has a strong reputation in the Leeds market, acting for a stable of significant financial services clients and household name corporates as well as being a market leader in the public and independent health sectors.
For more information on our Employment and Pensions expertise please go to https://www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/gb/expertise/services/employment-and-pensions/

Key Responsibilities


  • Undertaking a wide range of document management activities, with a particular focus on more complex and document-heavy exercises.
  • This includes the full range of disclosure tasks in litigated cases and also conducting the first level review of data subject access requests (DSARs) under data protection legislation, with a view to taking greater responsibility and ownership for DSAR review exercises over time.
  • Both may involve formulating and applying search terms to electronically held data provided by the client, sifting and reviewing raw data for relevance (whether through e-discovery platforms or other electronic means), identifying non-relevant/privileged/business confidential material, collation, redaction and indexing ready for production, and working collaboratively with clients' IT / discovery management personnel.
  • Considering evidence to establish relevant witnesses and checking availability.
  • Drafting agendas and lists of issues for case management discussions.
  • Assisting with the drafting of COT3 settlements.
  • Drafting briefs to counsel and liaising with barristers and clerks.
  • Drafting applications to Employment Tribunals and liaising with Tribunals.
  • Drafting costs applications and preparing schedules of loss/costs.
  • Regular liaison with other paralegals, trainees and lawyers to ensure the efficient management of caseloads and deadlines.


Skills, Knowledge and Expertise


  • A good academic record with a 2.1 in Law or a related subject.
  • Previous experience of working as a paralegal within an employment team.
  • Preferably with practical experience of handling larger scale disclosure and/or employee DSARs under data protection legislation, including the core steps as set out in the section above.
  • Familiarity with e-disclosure tools and platforms would also be preferable, but not essential.
  • A confident communicator.
  • Able to deal effectively with internal and external contacts with strong verbal and written communication.
  • Close attention to detail and an eye for quality.


About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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