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  • Take over a ready-made caseload and help grow the Liverpool family offering
  • Join a flexible, people-focused firm that values personality and passion
  • Progress your career with exposure to HNW work and hands-on training

 

Are you an experienced Family Solicitor ready to take the reins and help shape the future of a growing department?

This is your opportunity to join a supportive, forward-thinking law firm with a strong regional reputation and genuine plans for expansion in the Liverpool market. You’ll play a key role in maintaining and building the family law presence, working closely with the wider team.

This role is ideal if you’re looking for autonomy, progression, and the chance to help grow something special within a collaborative, open, and down-to-earth environment.

Who we’re looking for

  • 2–3+ PQE Family Solicitor
  • Able to independently manage a caseload
  • Strong experience in divorce, finance, and private children work
  • Experience handling financial matters for business owners or HNW clients
  • BD and networking experience
  • Enthusiastic, ambitious, and sociable – someone who adds to the culture

What you’ll be doing

  • Taking over an existing caseload of divorce, finance, and children work
  • Getting involved in business development and networking
  • Contributing to the future direction of the family team in Liverpool
  • (Longer term) potentially mentoring future paralegal hires

Salary & Benefits

  • £42,000–£55,000 depending on experience
  • 21 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Additional 2-week Christmas shutdown (not taken from holiday allowance)
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Medi-Cash (health cash plan for dental, optical, physio etc.)
  • Hybrid working: 3 days in the office, 2 from home (after 3-month probation)
  • Full-time preferred, but 4 days a week considered

This is a brilliant opportunity to develop your career and be part of something that’s growing and evolving, all while enjoying true flexibility, great benefits, and a genuinely people-first culture.

Contact Mel Samson

Call 03300 245 606 or email mel.samson@realmrecruit.com to find out more or apply confidentially.

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Key details

Salary

£42,000 - £55,000

Location

  • Merseyside
  • North West

Role type

  • Hybrid working

Contract type

  • Permanent

Practice area

Family

Job ref

V-51127

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Mel Samson

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Specialist for family in the North West

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