Job Description
A growing specialist family law firm with a strong reputation for practical, commercially aware and client-focused advice is looking for a Family Lawyer to join its Doncaster team.
n Importantly, all levels of PQE and experience will be considered. Whether you are a newly qualified solicitor looking to develop your career, an experienced family lawyer seeking greater flexibility, or a senior practitioner looking for the opportunity to help shape and grow a department, feel free to reach out.
n The role will be tailored around your experience, with appropriate supervision and support for more junior candidates and greater autonomy and responsibility for experienced lawyers.
n You will handle or assist with a varied private family law caseload, which may include:n
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- Divorce and separation
- Financial remedy proceedings
- Private children matters
- Cohabitation disputes
- TOLATA claims
- Pre- and post-nuptial agreements
- Separation agreements
- Protective injunctions
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Depending on your experience, you may also have the opportunity to supervise junior colleagues, contribute to business development and play a role in the continued growth of the Doncaster Family Law team.
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- NQ Solicitors
- Solicitors at any level of PQE
- CILEX Lawyers/Chartered Legal Executives
- Trainee solicitors
- Very experienced family law paralegals
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You will need some practical family law experience, alongside strong client-care, communication and drafting skills and a genuine interest in developing your career within private family law.
n Experience in financial remedy and private children work is desirable, while TOLATA experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
n The firm recognises that flexibility is important, particularly for those balancing a career with family commitments.
n The role can be full-time or part-time, with flexible start and finish times considered where operationally possible.
n The position will initially be office-based in Doncaster to allow you to establish yourself within the team, build client relationships and develop your caseload. Once you have established a sufficient caseload, the firm is open to agreeing homeworking days for work such as drafting and file preparation.
n The firm also recognises the challenges of childcare during school holidays and, where client needs allow, is willing to consider temporary adjustments to working hours.
n You will benefit from:
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- Genuine career progression from junior level through to Associate, Senior Associate and Legal Director
- Regular supervision and file reviews
- Strong administrative, compliance and operational support
- A collaborative Family Law team
- Flexible and part-time working options
- Hybrid working discussed once an established caseload has been built
- Potential eligibility for a discretionary Associate Bonus Scheme
- The opportunity, for the right person, to help establish and develop a future new office
- Paid birthday day off
- Christmas office closure
- Additional annual leave with length of service
- Workplace pension and death-in-service cover
- Health cash plan, including 24-hour remote doctor access
- Family-inclusive social events
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