
Contact:
- Email: ywk@lawlanesolicitors.com
Designation: Cost Drafter, Trainee Solicitor
Languages: English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Pashto
Practice Areas:
Career & Expertise
Having completed my Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) University of Law in 2020, I am currently completing my Legal Practice Course (LPC).
I have worked in a number of different departments across a number of disciplines. My expertise includes:
- Assisting in immigration matters including: Tier 1 Applications, Tier 2 Applications, Judicial Review, Administrative Review, Immigration Applications: FLR(FP), FLR(M), EEA(FM), EEA(EFM), SET(O), SET(LR) etc.
- Filling and submitting online applications for leave to enter and stay in the UK, under supervision
- Drafting grounds for appeal, grounds for bail application, statement of additional grounds etc., under supervision
- Preparing brief to counsel
- Liaising with Barrister’s clerks, clients and respondents
- Preparing court bundles
- Communicating with the court
- Ensuring deadlines are met
- Drafting of bills of costs and costs schedules
- Preparing new electronic bills
- Preparing precedent budgets
- Drafting estimates of costs
- Dealing with Part 8 matters
- Preparing N260 costs schedules
- Negotiating costs
- Preparing points of dispute/replies
- Taking files to provisional/detailed assessment
- Complete post assessment work including agreeing figures and concluding assessment process
- Providing costs advice/guidance to fee earners as and when required
- Dealing with paying party solicitors on a day-to-day basis
- Maintaining the highest client care standards
- Working to deadlines and targets
- Prioritising workload
- Keeping up to date with the knowledge of the claims and court processes