Family Solicitor
HENDERSON SCOTT LIMITED · Bournemouth, Dorset
Family Solicitor at HENDERSON SCOTT LIMITED, based in Bournemouth, Dorset, paying £60,000 - £80,000 per annum. This is a contract role with hybrid working.
- Salary
- £60,000 - £80,000 per annum
- Location
- Bournemouth, Dorset · Hybrid
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 1 month ago
- Closes
- 17 Nov 2026
- Sector
- Solicitor
Bang in line with the market for solicitor
Reference BBBH141790
About the role
Location: Bournemouth
Department: Family
Experience: 5-8 PQE
Salary: £60,000-£80,000 DOE
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Working: Hybrid
The Role
You will handle a varied caseload of private family matters, including:
- Divorce and separation
- High-value and complex financial remedy matters
- Matters involving trusts, business assets, pensions and overseas assets
- Cohabitation disputes
- Pre- and post-nuptial agreements
- Private children matters
About You
The successful candidate will:
- Be a qualified Family Solicitor with 5-8 years' PQE
- Have strong technical experience across private family law
- Have experience handling complex financial matters and/or private children work
- Demonstrate excellent client care and communication skills
- Be confident managing your own caseload and working with a high degree of autonomy
- Have strong organisational and time-management skills
- Be commercially minded with an interest in business development
- Be willing to support and develop more junior members of the team
- Take a proactive and collaborative approach to their work
What's On Offer
- £60,000-£80,000 salary DOE
- Hybrid working
- High-quality and complex family work
- Opportunity to build and develop your own caseload
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Strong opportunities for long-term career progression
- Performance-related incentive schemes
- 26 days' holiday, increasing with service, plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- Private medical insurance (subject to eligibility)
- Life assurance and income protection
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
- Discounted legal fees and shopping benefits
Reference: BBBH141790 · Posted 1 month ago · Closes 17 Nov 2026 · Listed via HENDERSON SCOTT LIMITED
Apply for this job
This role is listed via HENDERSON SCOTT LIMITED. Applications are handled on the employer's site.
Apply on employer siteOpens the employer's website in a new tab.
Safe applying: a genuine employer will never ask you to pay for a DBS check, training or equipment, or move you onto WhatsApp before you are hired. If this listing does, report it and do not pay anything.