Careers with Price Slater Gawne

As we continue to grow and expand, we are seeking a talented and dedicated Junior Clinical Negligence Costs Draftsperson to join our Costs team, reporting directly to the Head of the Department. With our head office located in Altrincham, PSG’s expansion is also evident through the recent openings of our London and Chester offices. This is a full-time position which can be based either from home or a hybrid mix of home working and working from our Altrincham office.

This role offers an exceptional opportunity to join a well-established firm that provides outstanding training and career progression. PSG is an employee-owned firm. This model fosters a unique, inclusive culture where everyone’s voice is valued, and individuals are empowered to make impactful contributions. We believe that this strengthens our commitment to delivering high-quality service to clients, while also providing our employees with a sense of purpose and responsibility.

Our employee-centric culture is rooted in values of kindness, collaboration, ambition, flexibility, and trust. By being part of PSG, you’ll not only have the opportunity to grow professionally but also to thrive in an environment where your contributions are directly aligned with the firm’s long-term success.

Key Responsibilities

• Take instructions from fee earners, providing advice on legal procedures, issues, and case strategies
• Draft and tailor legal documents, including court filings and contracts, using standard templates when applicable
• Negotiate with Directors, the Head of Costs, and fee earners to achieve case objectives
• Budget clinical negligence cases, ensuring all necessary work is covered and advising on budget management
• Provide cost estimates for interim payments and settlement advice for clinical negligence cases
• Prepare solicitor-client documents, bills of costs, and assess recoverable costs
• Negotiate settlements and provide advice on the prospects of success
• Keep fee earners informed on costs claims progress, including offers, issues, and client funds
• Instruct Counsel and experts as needed, and ensure all time and documents are accurately recorded in the case management system
• Liaise with Accounts to ensure compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules and oversee the distribution of final client funds
• Meet financial targets while maintaining a high level of service and client satisfaction

Key Skills

• Strong time management and task prioritisation
• Understand and align with business priorities
• Maintain confidentiality for both clients and the business
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Able to work effectively under pressure
• Take ownership of projects and problems
• Comfortable working in a paperless environment
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and general IT skills
• Experience using Costs Master software
• Self-motivated team player with professionalism
• Strong analytical and organisational abilities

Benefits

• A flexible, agile working environment that supports work-life balance
• A competitive salary and benefits package, including 25 days of holiday (excluding bank holidays), pension scheme, healthcare cash plan, life assurance, and a bonus scheme
• The opportunity to become part of an employee-owned firm, where your contributions are directly valued and rewarded as the firm grows. This model creates an engaging, collaborative, and supportive working environment where all employees can share in the firm’s success and have a say in its future

If you believe you are a strong fit for this position, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your CV to Abigail.frost@psg-law.co.uk for consideration.

Due to continued growth and expansion, we are looking for a talented individual with a keen interest in Accounts to join our Accounts team. The role reports to the Head of Accounts with input from the Practice Manager and the Commercial Accountant.  Alongside our head office in Altrincham, PSG’s expansion is evident through our recent opening of our London and Chester offices.

This is a full-time position based at our Altrincham office. This is a fantastic opportunity with a well-established Legal 500 and Chambers ranked firm that offers excellent training and career prospects.

PSG is an employee-owned firm. This model fosters a unique, inclusive culture where everyone’s voice is valued, and individuals are empowered to make impactful contributions. We believe that this strengthens our commitment to delivering high-quality service to clients, while also providing our employees with a sense of purpose and responsibility.

Our employee-centric culture is rooted in values of kindness, collaboration, ambition, flexibility, and trust. By being part of PSG, you’ll not only have the opportunity to grow professionally but also to thrive in an environment where your contributions are directly aligned with the firm’s long-term success.

Key responsibilities

• Paying cheques into the bank
• Issuing cheques
• Downloading, checking and posting supplier invoices
• Reconciling supplier statements
• Liaison with suppliers when queries arise regarding payment
• Checking and posting invoices for disbursements
• Issuing payments for disbursements
• Set up payments using online banking
• Posting of bills and notifying fee earners of any discrepancies
• Reconcile statements from report providers
• Distribute management reports as required
• Filing
• Other accounting tasks as required by the demands of the business

Key Skills

• Time management
• Prioritisation of tasks according to business need
• Understand the need for confidentiality in relation to client and business
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure
• Actively seeks information
• Maintain ownership of a problem or project
• Able to work independently and as part of a small team
• Strong IT skills including MS word, excel and outlook
• Able to work in a paperless environment

Minimum qualifications

• 5 GCSEs or equivalent including
  • GCSE Maths Grade C/5 or above
  • GCSE English Grade C/5 or above

What we offer in return

We offer a flexible agile working environment and benefits package including 25 days holiday allowance (excluding bank holidays), pension scheme, healthcare cash plan, life assurance and bonus scheme.

If you feel you are suitable for this position, then we would love to hear from you! Please submit your CV to Abigail.frost@psg-law.co.uk for consideration.

Due to continued growth and expansion, we have an exciting opportunity in our award-winning Clinical Negligence team for a Clinical Negligence Solicitor who is NQ-2 years PQE. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our well-established, Legal 500 and Chambers ranked firm that offers excellent training and career prospects.

PSG is an employee-owned firm. This model fosters a unique, inclusive culture where everyone’s voice is valued, and individuals are empowered to make impactful contributions. We believe that this strengthens our commitment to delivering high-quality service to clients, while also providing our employees with a sense of purpose and responsibility. Our employee-centric culture is rooted in values of kindness, collaboration, ambition, flexibility, and trust.

By being part of PSG, you’ll not only have the opportunity to grow professionally but also to thrive in an environment where your contributions are directly aligned with the firm’s long-term success.

Key Responsibilities

• Working alongside law society panel members
• Working on mixed caseloads of multi-track cases
• Working with the case management system for all documents relating to a clients’ matter
• Being responsible for recording all time on the file, documenting work undertaken
• Ensuring compliance with file management
• Advising the client on the law, procedures and legal issues relating to their case
• Instructing Counsel and experts to provide advice and representation on the client’s case
• Complying with all Court and tribunal deadlines
• Representing clients in tribunals and in Courts where required
• Keeping the client informed on the progress of their case

Key Skills

• NQ-2 years PQE with a background in Clinical Negligence
• Team player, with the ability to be self-motivated and professional
• Understand the need for confidentiality in relation to client and business
• Able to work in a paperless environment
• Being able to work under pressure and comply with deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong IT skills including MS Word and Excel
• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Prioritisation of tasks according to business need

What we can offer you

• We offer a flexible agile working environment, alongside a competitive salary, benefits package including 25 days holiday allowance (excluding bank holidays), pension scheme, healthcare cash plan, life assurance and bonus scheme. 

If you feel you are suitable for this role, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your CV to Abigail.frost@psg-law.co.uk for consideration.

Due to continued growth and expansion, we are seeking two talented and dedicated Legal Sales Advisors. This is a brand-new role and will provide the successful candidates with a significant opportunity to grow the Sales Team and provide opportunities for management of that team as it grows. We conduct online marketing campaigns that produce inbound, sales ready enquiries from members of the public in various specialist legal areas. All our enquiries are inbound and from members of the public who want to receive specialist legal advice.

With our head office located in Altrincham, PSG’s expansion is also evident through the recent openings of our London and Chester offices. This is a full-time position based at our Altrincham office.

PSG is an employee-owned firm. This model fosters a unique, inclusive culture where everyone’s voice is valued, and individuals are empowered to make impactful contributions. We believe that this strengthens our commitment to delivering high-quality service to clients, while also providing our employees with a sense of purpose and responsibility. Our employee-centric culture is rooted in values of kindness, collaboration, ambition, flexibility, and trust.

By being part of PSG, you’ll not only have the opportunity to grow professionally but also to thrive in an environment where your contributions are directly aligned with the firm’s long-term success.

Key Responsibilities

• Dealing with inbound telephone calls from members of the public in response to our online advertising campaigns. You will also be making outbound calls to manage and follow up with inbound enquiries we receive
• Manage new customer enquiries submitted through our websites or social media presence in response to online advertising and maximise the number of new enquiries that are converted to customers
• Manage leads effectively to ensure maximum contact rates are achieved and ensure persuasion and sales techniques are fully utilised to maximised leads to conversions. This is a targeted role based on lead management and lead conversions therefore organisation and time management skills are essential
• Assess new enquiries against a strict set of vetting criteria to ensure quality enquiries are distributed internally as qualified sales leads
• Have the ability to communicate and empathise with members of the public and able to guide them in an area they are often unfamiliar with

Key Skills

Required Experience

Please do not apply if you do not have the required experience as your application will be automatically rejected.

• At least 1 year + of Sales/Customer Service telephone experience
• Experience of dealing with members of the public
• Experience of working autonomously and in a team
• Experience of using office telephony systems and CRM
• Familiar with Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel

Desirable Experience

• It is desirable but not essential that candidates have worked in the legal field
• Track record of hitting or exceeding KPIs and targets
• Proven record of exceeding standard customer service levels
• Experience of digital marketing and/or social media management
• Knowledge of Clinical Negligence
• Experience of dealing with members of the public regarding sensitive or personal information

What we can offer you

• We offer a flexible, agile and supportive working environment, alongside a competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday allowance (excluding bank holidays), pension scheme, healthcare cash plan, life assurance and bonus scheme
• The salary on offer is made up of £23,000 – £25,000 basic annual salary (dependent on experience) plus a monthly bonus of £400-£1,000 OTE

If you feel you are suitable for this role, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your CV to  Abigail.frost@psg-law.co.uk for consideration.