Fixed Costs Negotiator / Solicitor with personal injury law exp

Fixed Costs Negotiator / Solicitor | Liverpool, Merseyside | £40,000/year

If you have experience negotiating fixed legal costs and want to take ownership of your own caseload, this could be a good opportunity to develop your career within a busy legal team.

You’ll handle your own portfolio of fixed-costs matters, primarily relating to RTA and personal injury claims, working closely with fee earners and the wider legal team to progress matters and achieve strong settlements.

What’s on Offer

• £40,000 salary
• Opportunity to manage your own caseload
• Work across Fast Track, Intermediate Track and MOJ claims
• Exposure to a broad range of fixed-costs matters
• Opportunity to develop your costs negotiation and legal expertise
• Collaborative legal team environment
• Scope to contribute to improving costs processes and best practice

Why This Role Matters

Fixed costs work requires a strong understanding of the CPR, attention to detail and the ability to negotiate effectively. You’ll play an important role in ensuring costs are properly assessed, recovered and resolved while supporting fee earners across the business.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Manage your own caseload of fixed-costs matters, primarily involving RTA and personal injury claims
• Negotiate legal costs with opposing parties to achieve appropriate settlements
• Assess the reasonableness, recoverability and validity of costs under the CPR, fixed-costs rules and relevant case law
• Handle costs across Fast Track, Intermediate Track and MOJ claims
• Provide costs support and advice to fee earners and colleagues
• Monitor deadlines, claim lifecycles and negotiation targets
• Develop appropriate negotiation strategies for individual claims
• Work closely with the Department Manager and wider legal team
• Maintain accurate case records using Proclaim or a similar case-management system
• Contribute to improving costs processes, procedures and best practice

What You’ll Need

• Experience as a Fixed Costs Negotiator, Costs Negotiator or in a similar legal costs role
• Experience negotiating fixed legal costs, preferably within RTA or personal injury litigation
• Good understanding of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and fixed-costs tables
• Knowledge of costs principles, relevant case law, legislation and costs recovery
• Experience managing your own caseload and negotiating directly with opponents
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication and organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with fee earners and the wider team

Experience with Fast Track, Intermediate Track and/or MOJ claims is highly desirable. Experience with Proclaim or another legal case-management system would also be advantageous.