Officer - Legal Cost

1 week ago

Cape Town, South Africa Road Accident Fund Full time

NB: This is a 12 Months Fixed Term Contract Position

 

Purpose of the Job: To Validate and Assess Legal Cost Bills.

 

Key Performance Areas

 

Perform Assessment of Bills.

  • Screening and checking compliance with RAF Act, Rules of Court, SLA and Applicable RAF Tariffs.
  • Evaluation of bills of cost that are settled and or taxed.
  • Assessment of Bills of Cost set down for taxation and those that are not set down.
  • Assessment of Bills of Cost for block settlements.
  • Prepare and make cost contributions and settle Bills of Cost.
  • Evaluate assessor invoices and accounts in terms of the SLA and applicable tariff.
  • Conduct research on case law and legal principles to keep abreast of developments.
  • Preparation of executive summaries for legal costs as per threshold.

 

Assessment of Service Provider’s Bills and Invoices (Panel Attorneys)

  •  Evaluate and tax Advocate’s accounts in terms of SLA and applicable tariff.
  •  Evaluate panel attorney’s files in terms of the RAF tariff.
  •  Evaluate assessor invoices and accounts in terms of the SLA and applicable tariff.
  •  Assessment of disbursement of Experts Accounts.
  •  Referral of SLA breaches to panel management.
  •  Attend to block bookings.

 

Attend to Taxation of Bills of Cost

  •  Prepare and make offers and settle Bills of Cost.
  •  Attendance at Magistrate’s Court and Regional Court for taxations.
  •  Attendance at High Courts for taxations.
  •  Appearance before the Taxing Master to argue complex legal principles governing taxations of legal costs.

 

Attend Reviews of Bills of Cost

  • Appearance before the taxing Master and the Magistrate to argue complex legal principles governing taxations of legal costs.
  •  Prepare review documents for review proceedings in court.
  •  Serve review documents to opposing party citing the basis of review.
  •  Attend court and appear to argue the basis of review in front of Magistrate or Judge.

 

Attend to Litigation relating to Costs

  •  Negotiate reasonable settlements of costs.
  •  Request cost payment
  •  Recover extra costs where applicable and advise Management accordingly.
  •  Instruct panel attorneys to oppose and settle costs and cost applications.
  •  Provide advice to Legal Department in respect of Litigation processes received.
  •  Updating the status of claims view note.
  •  Perform verification to ensure that the right payment is made to the correct Attorney

 

Authorisation of Bills of Cost for payment

  •  Attend to Fee analysis.
  •  Perform duplicate checks.
  •  Evaluation of Bills of cost that is settled and or taxed.
  •  Process Bills of Cost that are settled and or taxed.
  •  Approve Bills of Cost that are settled and or taxed in terms of delegation of authority policy.
  •  Request payment on the system.
  •  Prepare the source documents to be forwarded to Finance Department for checking and payment.
  •  Keep daily statistics of activities and trends on work allocated and work to be assessed.
  •  Submit daily and monthly statistics as required by Management.
  •  Keep record of statistics for performance management and review.
  •  Attend queries from stakeholders pertaining to Bills of Cost settled and outstanding payments of accounts.
  •  Referral of Writs Reports to Quality Assurance.
  •  Prepare Batch Report for Payment Department.

 

Play advisory role and function to Claims Departments, Attorneys and Cost Consultants

  • Prepare and render advice to claims sections, attorneys and cost consultants.
  • Instruct panel attorneys to attend taxations on behalf of the RAF in respect of courts not falling within the proximity of offices of RAF.
  • Conduct research on Case Law and legal principles to keep abreast of developments.

 

Quality Assurance on Writs Reporting

  •  Investigation, reconciliation of Writs and Reporting.

 

Qualifications and Experience       

  • NQF 7 (Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma) in Law or related qualification.
  • Admission as an Attorney would be advantageous.
  • Relevant 3 years’ experience in Claims or Legal Costs environment.

 

Technical and behavioral competencies required

  • Personal mastery
  • Emotional wisdom
  • Ethics and governance
  • Customer orientation and customer focus
  • Communication Skills (Written and Verbal).
  • Report-writing skills.
  • Computer Literacy.
  • Decision making skills.
  • Negotiation skills.
  • Planning and organizing skills.
  • Analytical thinking.
  • Problem solving skills.
  • Administration skills. 
  • Team player with tenacity to work independently.
  • In-depth knowledge and thorough understanding of RAF Act.
  • Attention to detail and ability to work under extreme pressure.

 

Road Accident Fund Values

  • Integrity
  • Compassion
  • Accountability
  • Respect
  • Excellence

 

NB: “RAF offers Total Employment Cost packages with no additional contributions from the Employer, successful candidates are required to structure their packages in a manner that will suit their needs”


NB: This is a 12 Months Fixed Term Contract Position

 

Purpose of the Job: To Validate and Assess Legal Cost Bills.

 

 

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