Vacancies
Child care Solicitor
Creighton & Partners is a leading specialist family law firm with a long-standing reputation for excellence in children law work. We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed family solicitor to join our well-established team.
This is an excellent opportunity to join one of London’s leading children law practices, handling complex public and private law matters within a large and highly experienced team of specialist lawyers.
The successful candidate will:
- Have up to 4 years PQE.
- Have experience managing their own family law caseload and drafting a broad range of court documents.
- Have advocacy experience and be keen to attend court regularly to further develop their advocacy skills and confidence.
- Demonstrate excellent drafting and case management skills.
- Have a good understanding of, and confidence in navigating, the legal aid system.
- Be motivated to work towards Children Panel accreditation.
- Be passionate about access to justice and achieving the best outcomes for children and families.
- Be enthusiastic, hardworking, collaborative, and committed to delivering high-quality client service.
- Experience undertaking inquest work is desirable though not required.
About Us
Creighton & Partners is listed in The Times Best Law Firms 2026 and is recognised by Chambers UK for its expertise in public law children work, with several senior members of the team individually ranked. We act for children through their Children’s Guardians, parents, extended family members, and local authorities in complex and often highly sensitive proceedings.
Our work includes cases involving non-accidental injury, complex medical issues, sexual abuse, child abduction, and other challenging children law matters. Joining Creighton & Partners provides the opportunity to work alongside highly regarded specialists on intellectually demanding and rewarding cases.
What We Offer
A competitive salary and bonus scheme.
- The opportunity to work on high-quality, complex public and private law children cases.
- Experience acting for parents, children, local authorities and other parties, providing exposure to every aspect of the public law system and to a broad range of private law children matters.
- Close mentoring and collaboration with experienced specialist practitioners.
- Ongoing development of advocacy, drafting, strategic thinking, and client care skills.
- Support for continuing professional development, including practising certificate fees and access to specialist legal resources.
- Support towards Children Panel accreditation, with the firm covering accreditation and reaccreditation costs.
- Health and wellbeing benefits, including eye tests, flu vaccinations, fresh fruit in the office, and the Cycle to Work scheme.
- The opportunity to build a rewarding long-term career within a genuinely specialist children law practice.
How to apply
Please send your CV and brief covering note setting out your experience in children law matters to elizabeth.chapman@creighton.co.uk by 5pm on 26 October 2026.
Children Panel Solicitor
Applications are invited from experienced Children Panel solicitors to join our team of specialist child care solicitors based at our Central London and Staines Offices.
Established in 1999, Creighton & Partners is a specialist family law firm with offices in Central London, South London and Staines-Upon Thames.
We are listed in Chambers as ‘experts in their field’ with solicitors who are described by their clients as ‘very easy to understand’. Creighton & Partners offer a unique specialist service representing children, Children’s Guardians, parents and local authorities in complex public law child protection cases and private family law matters.
We are rated as one of The Times Best 200 Law Firms (Family Category) and one of our solicitors was recently voted as LAPG’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the year.
Whilst being based in London and the South East, our clients are based across the country as well as abroad, often dealing with international issues, as well as those within England and Wales.
Our Child Care team has a wealth of experience in acting for parents and children involved with social services both pre proceedings and during proceedings. Our team assists with all matters including applications for emergency protection orders, care orders, supervision orders, secure accommodation orders, special guardianship orders (including advice upon support plans), adoption and applications under the Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court. Many members of our team are members of the Law Society’s Children Panel. All our solicitors are supported by a team of skilled paralegals.
We are committed to providing a full service to our clients and have a team of dedicated solicitor advocates and solicitors with Higher Rights of Audience (Civil).
In return we offer;
28 days annual leave
10 days paid sick leave
A hybrid working model of time in the office balanced by remote working to help achieve a work life balance and to help with family commitments
Access to IT to enable remote and flexible working
A warm, friendly and supportive environment
Payment for renewal of Practising Certificate
Law Society Children Panel Accreditation training and application fees paid
Law Society Children Panel Re Accreditation application fees paid
Access to training to meet your continuing professional development
Electronic library
Paid eye tests
Automatic enrolment onto the Firm’s pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Fruit provided in all offices
For further information or to discuss the role please call Dawn Wilson on 020 7973 2233
Please apply with CV and covering letter to Dawn Wilson by email to dawn.wilson@creighton.co.uk
Other Positions
We are always interested in hearing from high-calibre staff who wish to join our team, particularly those with experience in public law and/or on the Children Panel.
We invite you to send your CV by email only to Dawn.Wilson@creighton.co.uk for consideration.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or disability.
