Costs Negotiator
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £Competitive
Contract Type: Perm
Position Type: Full Time
Bond Turner is a leading law firm, proudly recognised by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. We are committed to ensuring access to justice for our clients and their families, providing expert legal services with a client-centered approach.
With offices in Liverpool and Bolton, we offer nationwide legal advice across a wide range of sectors.
Our areas of expertise include Credit Hire, Personal Injury, including Complex Injury, Clinical and Professional Negligence, Housing Disrepair, Group Action Claims and Public Inquiries. We are driven by a commitment to achieving successful outcomes, surpassing client expectations, and creating a supportive environment that empowers our employees to build fulfilling and rewarding careers.
We understand that our growth as a business is driven by the success of our people. We take pride in fostering a positive, collaborative work environment where everyone can contribute to our shared success. With exceptional support at every turn, every employee is empowered to reach their full potential.
We are currently recruiting for a Costs Negotiator to join our Liverpool office. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about achieving the best outcomes for clients, delivering excellent service, and progressing their career within a supportive legal environment.
You will be responsible for negotiating costs on a variety of files, working closely with colleagues to ensure accurate, timely and commercially effective resolutions. This role involves managing your own caseload, engaging with opponents, and ensuring that cost negotiations are handled efficiently and strategically across predominantly RTA matters (Fast Track and Multi‑Track).
If you have drive, determination and ambition, and you're looking for a stimulating and rewarding career, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities include:
· Negotiating costs on a wide range of files, ensuring the best possible settlement for clients
· Preparing and reviewing costs documentation, including Points of Dispute and Replies
· Assessing the reasonableness and recoverability of costs in line with CPR and case law
· Providing dedicated costs support to colleagues across the department and wider business
· Working closely with the team and Department Manager to ensure negotiation targets are achieved
· Managing your own caseload efficiently, ensuring deadlines and service expectations are met Maintaining awareness of claim lifecycles and adapting negotiation strategy accordingly
· Contributing to departmental processes and best practices
· Demonstrating initiative, strong analytical skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
· Understanding legal processes, costs principles and internal case management systems
· Being proactive, enthusiastic and adaptable within a fast‑paced environment
About You:
· Experience as a Costs Negotiator or in a similar costs‑focused role (minimum 2 years desirable)
· Strong understanding of the CPR, costs rules, case law and relevant legislation
· Experience negotiating costs in RTA and/or Housing Disrepair claims
· Excellent communication, organisation and analytical skills
· High attention to detail and accuracy
· Experience using Proclaim or similar case management systems (desirable)
· Tenacity, professionalism and the ability to build constructive working relationships
Company Values:
We’re a collaboration of companies established in 2006 working towards and guaranteeing the same goal. Our mission: We are driven to succeed. Our purpose is to help people move on in their lives through supporting our clients, our communities and each other.
- We support
- We surpass
- We succeed
What we offer in return:
We offer a clean professional office working environment with fantastic facilities in the heart of Liverpool City Centre which has great travel links.
· A competitive salary
· 23 days holiday + your Birthday off + plus 8 bank holidays.
· Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service cover
· Employee Assistant Programme.
· Workplace pension scheme.
· Free onsite weekly classes and well-being programmes.
· Discounted onsite Restaurant, Coffee Shop / Café.
· Secure bike storage.
· The opportunity to develop a rewarding and successful career with a wonderful Law firm.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- Free fitness classes
- Health & wellbeing programme
Work Location: In person
