Officer Legal Cost Payment (x3) at Road Accident Fund

Key Performance Areas

Settlement and payments of Legal costs

• Acknowledge receipt of hard copy files from Legal Cost Assistant
• Prioritise files on the basis of taxation and fee analysis
• Evaluate bills of costs settled or taxed
• Assess bills of costs not set down for taxation
• Assess bills of costs set down for taxation
• Assess bills of costs for block settlements
• Mark bills and make settlement offers
• Attend taxation at court
• Process bills for payment on acceptance of offer or consider counter proposal if offer is rejected
• Prepare for and attend court for taxation
• Instruct Pane Attorney or Cost Consultant in consultation with supervisor to attend taxation
• Approve bills in terms of delegation of authority
• Attend to queries from both internal and external stakeholders
• Review matters as taxed /settled and attend to such review and attend court appeal
• Provide advice to claims sections, attorneys and costs consultants
• Approve legal cost payments in terms of delegation of authority
• Maintain accurate record of activities for submission to supervisor

Writs:

• Assess the file and check the validity of the writ
• Collate all the required documents
• Calculate interest amount
• Check if the correct sheriff is being paid
• Total amount due is payable
• Confirm it is not a duplicate payment
• Assess the writ causes
• Advise the management on the exact cause
• Recover the extra costs where applicable.

Qualifications

• NQF 7 (bachelor's degree/Advanced Diploma) in Law or a related qualification to discipline.

Experience

• Relevant 3 years’ experience in a claims environment.