Team
Commercial Litigation- School Fees Recovery Scheme (SFRS)
Required knowledge and skills
- Legal qualification/experience – essential
- Case handling experience - essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills – essential
- Good team player – essential
- Good organisation skills - essential
- Accuracy and attention to detail – essential
- Debt recovery - essential
- CPR experience - preferred
Overall objectives
- To run a case load of undefended cases to include pre-litigation work, litigated cases and enforcement of judgments
- To use the Visualfiles case management system and action ‘to do’ lists
Tasks
- To deal with file opening on Visualfiles and entering new debts
- To ensure the necessary information is obtained and to advise clients on prospects of successfully recovering debts
- To conduct cases in accordance with the SFRS procedural chart
- To correspond with debtors, courts, clients and any agents regarding a case, unless it becomes defended or a court application is received
- To draft claim forms, requests for judgment and enforcement applications, as well as settlement agreements
- To enter into negotiations and advise clients on alternative dispute resolution
