Solicitor
Family & Matrimonial
West Yorkshire
£30,000 - 45,000

Family Solicitor

Ref: 1243| Posted: 9th Dec 2024

Eventus Legal are seeking a Family Solicitor to join a highly regarded Family Law team at a long-standing and reputable firm in Leeds. This is a permanent, office-based position. The firm offers fantastic benefits including private healthcare, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off, holiday allowance increases incrementally and hybrid working is also on offer.

Role responsibilities

The incoming Family Solicitor will advise clients on the whole spectrum of family law. You will hold cases of publicly funded and private client work so candidates would benefit from a knowledge of legal aid eligibility rules. Some of the daily duties will include:

  • Managing your own complex caseload of mid-high value marital breakdown, divorce, finance, domestic abuse and private law children matters
  • Have a keen interest in dealing with your own advocacy skills
  • Drafting complex orders
  • Advising clients on all other areas of privately funded family matters including, cohabitation and pre-nuptial agreements, child arrangements and child disputes.

Person specification

Applications are welcomed from Solicitors or Legal Executives, ideally from NQ to 3 PQE, although applications outside this range will be considered if you can demonstrate the skills. You will be experienced in Family law, ideally both publicly and privately funded. Much of their work is conducted through the courts, therefore candidates should have a keen interest in developing their advocacy skills.

Given the difficult circumstances in which clients are obtaining advice, candidates should have excellent client care skills and be able to deal with clients at vulnerable stages in their lives and be able to gain their trust.

Benefits and Rewards

You will be joining a long-established law firm, who work from a lovely, modern office in central Leeds.  Their reputation is excellent and they offer a competitive salary and benefits package including generous holiday allowance, rising with service up to a maximum of 33 days plus bank holidays and private healthcare. You are also given your birthday as an extra day of leave! Hybrid working is available, and they pride themselves on offering good support to all their hard-working employees.

About the Company

This law firm is well established, multi-disciplinary practice within the Leeds market, and is centrally located with modern, spacious, recently refurbished offices. They were founded almost 100 years ago with an ethos to serve the local community, an ethos that remains to this day.  

Next Steps

If you are interested in learning more about this Family Solicitor role, please send your CV to Lucy Evans at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at lucy.evans@eventuslegal.com or phone 075727 60099.

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