Family PPA

Owen Reed are recruiting for a Family PPA.  

The Family PPA must hold a Law degree (or equivalent GDL degree) - Essential.  Also ideally with previous Family paralegal experience.

Daily responsibilities will include: 
· Ensuring compliance with file management 
· Interviewing clients, taking instructions, identifying appropriate funding, including public funding, keeping detailed file notes of instructions received, advice given and any other attendances upon clients and other parties, 
· Dealing with routine client enquiries and communications, 
· Assisting fee earners with research 
· Drafting applications to the court and other court documents for approval by the fee earner 
· Drafting and checking statements 
· Booking meetings and making calendar arrangements 
· Liaising with the Court services 
· Liaising with Barristers chambers and instructing counsel 
· Dealing with letter, fax, email and telephone communications promptly, 
· Attending court to issue claim forms and other legal documents and to assist at trial, 
· Ensure the confidentiality and security of all of the firm’s and client documentation and information, 
· Responding promptly and accurately to requests for information concerning case work from Partners, Supervisors and fee-earners, 
· Preparation of trial bundles and management of documents, including photocopying, compilation of bundles of documents, delivery of documents to court and other parties and collection, 
· Taking telephone messages, pulling and filing post, collection and posting of DX, 
· Maintenance of file format in accordance with office manual, to include filing, 
· Drafting of meeting agendas and taking the minutes of the meeting