Profile

Siân Allen

Siân is an enthusiastic and ambitious member of the Contracts Team currently working as a Legal Assistant. Siân graduated from The University of Sheffield with a 2.1 LLB Law Degree and went on to complete the Legal Practice Course (LPC)gaining a Commendation.

Experience

  • Alongside her studies Siân has worked in various voluntary and paid roles within Staffordshire Legal Services and following her graduation in June 2014 she secured her present full time position in the Contracts Department.
  • Siân conducts her own case load under supervision and offers Legal Support to all fee earners in the team. Recent fee earning work that Siân is most proud of includes the drafting of a Framework Agreement for Fostering Services, drafting of a Deed of Novation for Telecare Services and reviewing a Waste Disposal Charging policy as well as a Social Media Policy for the use of images by the Council.
  • Siânhas also assisted her team in major projects such as SPP, Dementia Centres of Excellence, Children’s Centres, Infrastructure+ and Commercial Transfer Agreements converting Schools to Academies.
  • In her Legal Assistant role in the Childcare Department, Siân filed and processed legal paperwork and documentation to the court. She regularly updated court bundles ready for court use, organised all day to day correspondence for fee earners and dealt with internal clients, external solicitors and the general public. Siânprovided excellent legal support for 3 fee earners in this role.
  • In her Open Door placement in the Childcare Department Siân performed confidentiality checks on all documents to be used in court proceedings. She redacted third party confidential information on a varying range of documents from parental assessments to police reports.
  • In her Open Door placement in the Education, Employment, Litigation and Pensions Department Siân dealt mainly with debt recovery cases. She calculated the interest incurred by the defendant, drafted particulars of claim and court forms as well as letters before action. She assisted in preparing numerous court bundles for different types of litigation cases and attended court on numerous occasions with fee earners.

Current role

Siân has been a Legal Assistant in the Contracts Team since June 2014. Her roles and responsibilities include:

  • Conducting her own case load under supervision
  • Assisting in drafting a variety of contracts and legal documents as well as assisting to update templates
  • Carrying out a variety of research tasks for fee earners and clients
  • Drafting emails, client care letters, calculates billing estimates, drafting memos and other correspondence for internal/external clients
  • Organising and attending meetings/conference calls
  • Using ICT programmes such as Microsoft Word and Excel to a high standard
  • Siân is trained to use Iken competently. She often assists other fee earners with Iken, opening and closing files and ensuring Lexcel compliance.
  • Siân is trained to use Contensis Website Software and will be assisting to develop and update an internal and external website for Staffordshire Legal Services

Professional Qualifications and Memberships

Institution / Qualification type / Subject / Date attained
The University of Sheffield / Post-graduate / Post-graduate Diploma in legal Practice / 2014
Degree / LLB Law (hons) / 2012

Other

Siân is enthusiastic and committed to a legal career within local government. She particularly enjoys the wide variety of work in the Contracts Team - encompassing work from all departments within the Council, every day is different.