Family Solicitor

Henderson Scott Limited; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Private medical healthcare

Flexible benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Resolution accreditation support

Active professional development

Job summary

Henderson Scott Limited is recruiting a Family Solicitor in Bournemouth. The role involves handling a broad range of private family matters, including financial remedy and private children work, within a supportive team environment.

You will manage diverse cases, develop specialist expertise, and have opportunities for career progression within a well-established South Coast practice.

Qualifications

• Qualified Family Solicitor with experience across private family matters, including financial and children work.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of financial and children matters.
• Advise on divorce and civil dissolution if relevant.
• Handle financial disputes involving pensions, trusts and property assets.
• Assist with maintenance applications and Schedule 1 claims.
• Advise on private children matters, including relocation and cross-border issues.
• Support the team with business development and client care.

Job description

Family Solicitor

Location: Bournemouth
Salary: £50,000-£65,000
Working Pattern: Full-time, Permanent

The Opportunity

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Family Solicitor to join a large and highly regarded Family team in Bournemouth.

You will become part of an established and expanding department with recognised expertise across both financial and children matters. The team handles a varied range of complex and high-value cases, offering the opportunity to work alongside experienced specialists, develop your own caseload and build your reputation within a respected South Coast practice.

Based in modern, newly established offices, this is an opportunity to join a supportive team with a strong focus on quality work, professional development and long-term career progression.

The Role

You will work across a broad range of family law matters, including financial remedy and private children work. Working alongside some of the region's most highly regarded senior Family Solicitors, you will gain exposure to sophisticated and often complex cases while managing smaller matters independently.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a varied caseload of financial and children matters.
• Advising on divorce and civil partnership dissolution.
• Handling financial disputes involving pensions, private companies, property portfolios and tax issues.
• Dealing with maintenance variations, Schedule 1 applications and cohabitation disputes.
• Advising on private children matters, including internal and international relocation.
• Supporting complex cases involving trusts, insolvency issues and cross-jurisdictional assets.
• Contributing to the team's marketing and business development activity as the department continues to grow.

There will also be opportunities to develop specialist expertise, including exposure to international child abduction work and the team's strong non-court dispute resolution offering.

About You

The successful candidate will be a qualified Family Solicitor with experience across a range of private family matters, including financial and children work.

You will ideally have experience dealing with some of the following:

• Divorce and civil partnership dissolution.
• Financial remedy proceedings.
• Pensions, trusts, private companies and complex assets.
• Maintenance applications and Schedule 1 claims.
• Cohabitation disputes.
• Private law children matters, including relocation disputes.

Knowledge of child abduction work would be advantageous but is not essential.

You should be commercially aware, committed to delivering excellent client care and keen to develop your expertise within a collaborative and ambitious team. Support is available to obtain Resolution accreditation where required.

What's on Offer?

• Salary of £50,000-£65,000, depending on experience.
• 36 days' annual leave, including bank holidays, pro rata.
• Private medical healthcare.
• Flexible benefits, including gym membership, additional pension contributions, extra annual leave or a healthcare cashback scheme.
• Flexible working arrangements across hours and location.
• Support towards Resolution accreditation.
• High-quality and complex financial and children work.
• Exposure to specialist expertise and an established NCDR offering.
• Regular social, sporting and charity events.

Interested?

This is an excellent opportunity for a Family Solicitor looking to develop their career within a well-established and growing team, gaining exposure to high-quality work alongside experienced specialists.