Joshua Edward Mizrahi LLB (Hons)
Building Dispute Advice Service Limited Associate April 2019 – Present
Working as a fee-earning Associate. Main responsibilities under the supervision of Managing Director include:
• Inspecting client documents, evidence and relevant legislation to identify issues, liabilities and potential solutions before accepting clients’ claims
• Arranging and attending site visits to take measurements of build, photographs of project, interviewing clients, producing summary of findings and recommendations for discussions with Managing Director
• Drafting Witness Statements, Notices of Adjudication, Referral Notices and Responses for Adjudication
• Assisting with management of adjudication in accordance with The Scheme for Construction Contracts
• Supporting Managing Director at negotiation, mediation and adjudication meetings, including preparing memorandums, presenting evidence and maintaining professional client relationships
• Researching and coordinating opportunities to create new business with large construction firms
• Attending professional development seminars and conferences on construction law and adjudication
• Attending networking business development opportunities to develop new client relationships
Abilities and Skills
• Continually increasing knowledge of mediation and adjudication cases
• Identifying when an issue is outside my expertise and referring to Managing Director
• Researching all relevant information and preparing accurate documentation to present at adjudication meetings
• Demonstrating interpersonal skills to establishing and maintain effective and professional relationships
Kennedy Law LLP Litigation Paralegal Feb 2018 to Dec 2018
Kennedys are an international law firm, ranked 29th of UK law firms (according to Conscious). Working as fee-earning Litigation Paralegal supporting four solicitors, five senior associates and three partners at various stages of litigation within Civil, Commercial, Insolvency, Banking and Employment Law cases. Main responsibilities supporting senior team included:
• Researching legislation and acts, including: Chancery Guide, Case Law, Government reports, Civil procedure rules, mediation schemes, precedents
• Drafting and recording letters and documents, including: Tomlin Orders, Pre-Action Disclosure, Statutory Demands, Hearsay Notices, Consent Orders, Letters Before Action, Witness Statements, Court Forms, Employment Contracts, Statements of Accounts, Data Subject Access Requests
• Creating trial bundles to Kennedys procedures and delivering to correct parties within timeframe
• Attending client meeting to create memorandums
• Supporting senior team at various stages of litigation on large-value banking, employment, commercial claims
• With senior team consent and support, handling small civil disputes independently, including: interviewing clients, responding to other parties and billing time
Abilities and Skills
• As the only paralegal/litigation executive at the time, I learnt how to establish effective working relationships across the whole commercial litigation department, balancing multiple claims at varying stages of litigation to demanding deadlines for different colleagues, by planning and managing work activities to deliver on time and to the required standard
• Became aware of the weight of legal governance and principles within which to work in a position of trust to serve the client and profession well
• Able to research and assess documents to extract relevant information and present my findings clearly and effectively to ensure sound decisions are made
• Able to write clear, effective and appropriate communications demonstrating sensitivity and empathy to clients
Building Dispute Advice Service Limited Junior Associate January 2015 – December 2017
This is a small construction disputes resolution company that works nationally and handles large commercial construction disputes by mediation and adjudication. Main responsibilities via instructions from MD including:
• Maintaining client relationships through professional and effective oral and written communications
• Working alongside client team on-site
• Ensuring accurate documentation and timely billing of projects
• Researching legislation, case law and amendments
• Creating Scott Schedules by inspecting client documentation and correspondence, analysing the basis of claim, relevant contract clauses and quotations and reporting back to MD
• Creating training presentations for client teams
• Attending client update meetings, negotiation meetings between parties and adjudication meetings
Abilities and Skills
• Developed interpersonal skills in developing and maintaining client relationships
• Recognised when additional information is needed and how to get and evaluate it
• Collated evidence and created documentation that is accurate professional and timely
• Collaborated with major client to design training programme to enable both parties to manage and deliver projects more effectively and commercially
University of Law LLM/LPC, International Business Law 2018 – Present
University of Leeds 2:2 BA Honours Banking/Company/International/EU Law 2008 – 2011
Manchester Grammar School Four A Levels 2001 – 2008