Hire Top Family Solicitors, Faster — With a Specialist Recruitment Partner You Can Trust
We help family law firms across North West England to find, attract, and retain high-quality family solicitors — at every level.
From newly qualified to senior associates and Partners, we deliver talent that fits your culture, your clients, and your caseload.
As a growing business hiring new staff is central to our growth plans. Hiring through the traditional recruitment agency model was proving expensive for us and even more so if hires didn’t work out. We tried to do the hiring ourselves to save that cost but struggled to keep on top of things – the HST Talentflow solution was perfect for us.
Fullers Family Law
Our Services Explained.
Recruitment isn’t a ‘One Size Fits All’ service – each Law Firm has a different requirement based on factors such as speed of hire, number of target candidates in the market etc – the three main services are:
Contingency
Pay on placement
No upfront commitment
Often used for more junior roles
Fast but lower engagement
Retained Search
Upfront fee to initiate search
Collaborative and consultative approach
Ideal for niche or senior-level roles
Greater investment and exclusivity
Recruitment as a Service (Talent Flow)
Subscription-style recruitment
Ongoing talent pipeline development
Scalable and predictable hiring model
Embedded recruiter / dedicated support
Compare our services
| Feature | Contingency | Retained | Talent Flow |
| Best For | Junior Roles | Partner/Senior Roles | Teams scaling support staff |
| Candidate Engagement | Reactive | Proactive, targeted | Embedded, long-term focus |
| Confidential Searches | Not ideal | Ideal | Ideal with scoped planning |
| Cost Model | Pay on placement | Fee + success fee | Monthly flat rate |
| Hiring Volume | Ad hoc | Targeted | High or continuous |
Why Choose Us?
HST Hiring are not generalist legal recruiters. We specialise exclusively in family law recruitment — and that focus means we know exactly what makes a great family solicitor, how to assess fit, and where to find hidden talent.
We understand the unique pressures family law teams face — from urgent court work to balancing empathy with efficiency — and we only work with pre-screened, committed candidates.
Our 9 Step Recruitment Process
Step One
Identify
We will hold a meeting to get a deep insight on the business and the vacancy
Step Two
Solution
We will present the best solution to help successfully fill the role
Step Three
Launch
Once a job brief and terms are agreed we will set to work with the hiring campaign
Step Six
1st Interview
Using 5 key questions we will conduct the interview and send you a recording to watch in your own time
Step Five
Shortlist
Following conversations and meetings with candidates we will shortlist the best
Step Four
Outreach
We outreach to the best candidates in the market (passive/active) to discuss your role
Step Seven
Client Interview
We will make all arrangements for your video/f2f meeting to ensure the candidate is prepped
Step Eight
Offer Management
We will manage any offer to ensure the client and candidate are both happy with the terms
Step Nine
Candidate Start
Employee onboarding begins
Let’s Solve Your Hiring Challenge
Whether you are looking to hire one person or need multiple hires across the year, we’re ready to help. We’re not just recruiters — we’re your Family Law talent partners.
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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
"It's a pleasure to work with HST Hiring as they are very clear about the type of people we are looking to hire and have provided us with some excellent candidates for the team - the face to face touch is really important in gaining that understanding"
Monica Omidvar-Tehrani
- Director
Jackson Quail Law
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