Dylan Kane Email & Phone Number

Manchester, England, Gb

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

As a Senior Paralegal, I balance by time between two large group claims. For both cases, I oversee a team of junior paralegals both on a pastoral and professional level where I am expected to conduct quality assurance on their work and gather any feedback they have on their workstreams through bi-weekly meetings that I am expected to lead. I regularly analyse court orders and particulars of claim to ensure that we are pursuing the correct causes of action for our clients based on the factual and legal elements of their respective cases, and I have also drafted letters to defendants and instructions to counsel on issues with disclosure, service and particulars of claim which has given me strong exposure to legal writing. I often oversee the organisation of tasks for my colleagues and then report on these workstreams to my superiors both verbally through meetings and in writing. Through organising and overseeing these tasks, I have also become very data proficient and am therefore used to managing substantial amounts of data at once. I am often responsible for leading training sessions on different areas of legal work as well as drafting written guidance on these. I also have considerable experience dealing with client complaints both over the phone and in writing.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Upon graduating, I joined the law firm Leigh Day in their Manchester office working as a Paralegal in the International Group Litigation Department. I spend three days a week working on one of the UK’s biggest group action claims, and the other two working on an international case in Western Africa. For the UK based action, I am expected to communicate with clients (both corporate and non-corporate), carry out document review and assist with handling jurisdictional issues. For the international litigation, as one of only two French speakers working on the claim, I use my fluency to translate documents into English and French, transcribe telecommunications with our French speaking claimants and provide written and oral summaries of French legal documents. For both cases, I am also expected to conduct research and assist with general indexing and administrative tasks.I initially joined the firm on a Fixed-Term Contract, but was offered a permanent position after 7 months.

From 2020 onwards, I worked for Wharmby Garden Services in Manchester during the University holiday periods where I was responsible for helping to tidy and maintain over 100 different domestic and commercial properties. This job involved long hours, and hard physical work, both within a team environment, and individually. I was expected to have knowledge of plants, large machinery and garden equipment and to be able to relay this knowledge in order to respond to enquiries from customers.

During my final year at Leeds, I was nominated by the head of department to be a Student Representative for the School of French. This role was paid, and involved speaking to prospective students and their parents on offer holder days about my experience at Leeds. I gave speeches, tours, discussed the course and detail, and gave recommendations and suggestions to students who were considering pursuing a language degree at Leeds. I also had to lead Q&A sessions.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

I have previously worked as a French and Spanish tutor. Working remotely, I was responsible for gathering information from teachers and students, preparing tutor sessions relevant to the pupil's specific needs (depending on their capability), using criteria from numerous different examination boards. I tutored both under and over-achieving students and was required to tailor my classes according to those standards. I am fully DBS checked.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

I worked Full-time for AQA whilst at home from university in the summer of 2019. I was a member of the admin team who were responsible for inputing various important information.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Worked at Marks and Spencers whilst studying for my A-Levels. I had various roles there, including a Barista in the onsite café and an Operations Assistant.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Worked as a Christmas Temp at Debenhams whilst I was studying for my A-Levels.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, French And Spanish, First Class (With Honours)

Activities and Societies: Feautures Writer for the University newspaper - The Gryphon. Member of the French Society, as well.

Erasmus Mobility, History, Philosophy, Translation, Film, Spanish And Italian, 75

Activities and Societies: Traduction: Thème et Version: 15/20 (75%) Introduction à l'histoire moderne et contemporaine: 15/20 (75%).

A-Levels, English Literature, French, Spanish, Italian, A* A A B

Activities and Societies: Gave Tours and Talks to prospective students.

Gcse'S, 12 Gcse'S At A* To B

Activities and Societies: Senior Prefect- Responsibilities included overseeing fellow prefects, giving guides and public speeches. Peer.

Master Of Laws - Llm, Post Graduate Diploma In Law And Sqe Training

Awarded the Career Commitment Scholarship. Contract: Merit Constitutional: Merit Company: Merit Tort: Distinction Human Rights.