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    We have a great new opportunity for a Paralegal to join DAS Law in our Landlord and Tenant team in our city center Bristol offices.

    The Role

    This is a great opportunity to join DAS Law’s high-performing Volume Litigation department, which comprises of several teams including the landlord and tenant team, small and fast track contract teams and personal injury teams. The team undertake a wide range of litigation work and encourage an early level of client contact and file responsibility. The successful candidate will focus on possession claims on behalf of residential landlord clients, will be joining a hard working and exceptionally friendly unit, which lives up to the DAS values with a dedication to mutual respect, continuous improvement and client care. DAS Law receives its instructions from DAS Legal Expenses Insurance, and is therefore assured of an on-going source of varied work.

    The L&T team is currently made up of a number of paralegals all specialising in possession work. It is a great opportunity to develop your skills and experience, whilst focusing on running a substantial caseload often with technical legal elements involved. You will be encouraged to take early responsibility for the litigation process, albeit always under appropriate supervision with full support and guidance. In return for your commitment, you will join a supportive and fun environment, that offers encouragement to your ongoing support and development.

    About You

    We are keen to hear from candidates with the following skills and experience:

    • LLB/GDL or LPC graduates, ILEX, or those with equivalent experience who are ambitious, conscientious candidates with a good eye for detail and who are keen to be part of an exciting future.
    • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate comfortably and clearly with both external customers and internal stakeholders
    • You will have worked collaboratively in a team environment and will be comfortable with a significant caseload and early responsibility;
    • You will understand the need for outstanding client service and the drivers of income and profit within a law firm

    Benefits

    In return for your commitment, we will offer you generous remuneration and a market leading benefits package to include:

    • 25 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
    • Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions
    • Group Income Protection for all employees
    • Group Legal Protection for all employees
    • A choice of either European Motor Assistance or Home Emergency Assistance
    • Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme
    • Inclusion in our Health cash plan
    • A comprehensive wellbeing programme including an employee Health Cash Plan and a range of free weekly exercise classes (dependent on your office location)
    • Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
    • The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits, wine tasting and shopping trips.
    • At DAS we support flexible working. We want our employees to achieve a work-life balance that works for them and are happy to consider flexible working options.

    If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.

    About The Company

    DAS UK Group has been helping businesses and individuals get access to justice for over 40 years. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm.

    We have historically focussed on delivering legal services to customers solely via our Legal Expenses Insurance products, which provides a steady workload of litigated cases in areas such as;

    • Personal Injury
    • Litigation & Dispute Management
    • Employment
    • Business & Commercial

    We believe these are exciting times for DAS Law as part of the wider DAS UK Group and we are looking for likeminded individuals who share our ambition to make our high quality legal solutions accessible and affordable. ‘Doing the right thing’ is central to our behaviour – from building trust, being accountable, creating good customer outcomes is at the heart of everything that we do which we believe drives performance.

    You can expect to join an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career in ways that traditional law firms cannot. We are also committed to supporting continued professional development and promote both internal Training Contracts and alternative routes to qualification (CILEX).

    By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.