Arabic Speaking Litigation Paralegal
Carter Ruck Solicitors
Total years of experience :14 years, 2 Months
- Summarising various Arabic documents in English on Relativity
- Translating documents
- Research
- Provide legal and administrative support to Partners and Associates
- Draft research memos on a range of issues as they arise in the course of litigation or advising clients
- Making detailed notes at meetings and during conference calls with clients, Counsel and others
- Translating documents from Arabic to English
- Bundling and other ad hoc tasks
- Contract Law: Dealing with a range of commercial matters, both contentious and non-contentious, including (but not limited to) generating first drafts of documents such as Confidentiality Agreements, Heads of Terms, amending the Terms and Conditions and Joint Venture Agreements
- Corporate Law: incorporating UK companies, dealing with Companies House compliance, filing annual returns and company accounts
- Civil Litigation: dealing with civil litigation claims from beginning to end, drafting substantive responses, drafting Proceedings and Particulars of Claim/Defence
- Conducting Advocacy: Representing LSBF at all Small Claims Hearings. Part 36 Offers Calderbank Offers; draft and negotiate terms of Settlement and Release Agreements
- Employment Law and Practice: Managing Contentious and Non Contentious Issues, advising HR Department where necessary. This involved drafting ET3's, preparing bundles for hearings, the preparation of skeleton arguments, drafting witness statements and advocacy for low value matters
- Conducting legal research for ad hoc projects
This role encompassed a wide range of tasks namely opening new matters and conducting the requisite research to ensure that the elements of the new case are not in conflict with a matter which we have dealt with in the past. The firm operates on a set code of practice that must be adhered to, thus an element of my role required that I ensure that all work conducted by myself and members of my team are in compliance with this practice. Having gained a substantial amount of experience, I have been given further responsibility to train new members of staff for different roles within the firm ranging from archiving, front of house, billing/invoice processing, floor support and the post room. Another part of my role is drafting letters for fee earners to be sent to various parties such as clients and other solicitors and preparing files for auditing.
- Working to targets,
- Calculate the amount of charges/rebate the creditor is believed to owe, thus determining the value of a case
- Draft letters to banks
- Update clients on the progress of their cases
- Dealing with day-to-day inbound enquiries,
- Quickly and efficiently handle large bank files
Additional skills: employee of the year 2012, employee representative
- Reviewing cases,
- Gathering information and contacting third party insurance companies to enquire about liability,
- Research and analyse cases,
- One month clinical negligence training,
- Writing letters to hospitals, GP’s and any other clinics or medical bodies involved
- Attend court hearings,
- Prepare bundles for courts
- Meeting strict deadlines
- I have worked on my own and as part of a team in an extremely busy environment.
- Interact with people from different backgrounds and problems
- Administrative and receptionist tasks where I typed letters to courts and dealt with property, immigration, will and divorce matters.
Modules: - Interviewing and Advising - Litigation (Civil and Criminal) - Wills and Administration of Estates - Property Law and Practice - Practical Legal Research and Writing - Drafting - Advocacy - Solicitors' Accounts - Business Law and Practice (including taxation) - Professional Conduct and Regulation (‘PCR’) (including Solicitors’ Accounts (‘SA’)
- Constitution and Administrative Law - Principles of Criminal Law - Contract Law - Legal Methods and Skills - Land Law - Law of Tort - European Law - Family Law - Medical Law - Equity and Trusts - Employment Law - Dissertation (10,000 words on fathers rights)
- Research Methods and Communication (B2); - Maths (A1); - Information and Technology (A2); - Quantitative Techniques (B1); - Law (A2); - Psychology (B3); - Statistics (B2); - Business Studies (B2)
- Arabic (A*); - English (C); - Maths (C); - Citizenship (C); - Science (Double Award) (CC); - ICT (Double Award) (CC)
