Family Law Specialist

Holdens Law Ltd are recruiting for a Family Law Specialist to join their expanding Family Law team.

The successful candidate will be experienced in advising private clients across a range of Family Law topics to include divorce, financial settlement and children matters.

We are a well established firm with offices in Lancaster and Kendal.

This is an ideal opportunity for a Family Lawyer with at least 3 years PQE (or equivalent experience) who is able to manage their own caseload and has ambitions to supervise others and progress within a busy, friendly firm.

We offer a competitive salary based on experience and qualifications together with generous holiday entitlement and other benefits.

We have a fully digital case file system and the successful candidate will therefore have the ability to engage in hybrid working, should they choose.

Skills and Qualifications

• To undertake private family cases, including private children matters, divorce and
• financial remedy cases.
• Be experienced working to Lexcel standards
• Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Have excellent attention to detail
• Be organised
• Be able to work as part of a team
• Have solid advocacy experience in the family courts
• Have fantastic communication skills to be able to explain the complexities of the law
• to clients.
• Have a proven track record of consistently meeting or exceeding your billing / time
• recording targets
• Provide a good reference from your employer
• Experience of TOLATA / Cohabitee cases (Desirable)
• Law Society family / advanced family accredited (Desirable)

If you wish to be considered for this role, please contact Susan Booth our Practice Manager at Holdens Law by emailing your CV to susan.booth@holdenslaw.com