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Family Lawyer

The Role

At Goughs, being based in Wiltshire doesn’t mean compromising on the quality of work. As part of our Chambers recognised firm, you’ll handle high-value, complex cases including:

  • Financial remedies involving multi-jurisdictional assets
  • International relocation
  • Off-shore trusts and structures
  • Matters regularly exceeding £10 million in assets

You’ll join a growing and ambitious team where your ideas will be welcomed at a firm that is proud to do things differently.

Part of the Goughs success is due to our commitment to 5-year strategic action plans, including our upcoming technology review as we embrace AI and automation.

We take an innovative approach to business development and believe in empowering our lawyers to shape the future of the firm.

Goughs is a leading regional law firm, recognised in both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. We pride ourselves on:

  • Delivering big-city quality from our base in Wiltshire.
  • Building lasting client relationships with individuals, families, and businesses.
  • Driving innovation in how we work and grow.
  • Living our values: Trust, Teamwork, Excellence, Accountability & Engagement.

The Salary

At Goughs, we’re committed to ensuring your career and personal life thrive side by side. You’ll benefit from:

  • A competitive salary plus a firm-wide performance bonus.
    • Newly Qualified: from £42,000
    • 5–10 years’ PQE: £50,000 – £75,000
    • 10+ years’ PQE / Senior level: £80,000+
  • Flexible working: 2–3 days in the office, with scope to tailor the role around your family life.
  • Generous annual leave plus additional time off at Christmas and a buy/sell holiday scheme.
  • Pension scheme with employer matching.
  • Health & wellbeing benefits including private medical insurance (for Associate+), healthcare cash plan, online GP service, counselling and discounted gym membership.
  • Ongoing professional development, clear career progression, and full support for training and memberships.

Your Experience and Qualifications

We’re looking for a lawyer who:

  • Has experience across the full spectrum of family law (divorce, financial remedies, children matters, injunctions, nuptial agreements).
  • Is confident handling complex, high-value matters with sensitivity and commercial awareness.
  • Enjoys building strong client relationships and has a natural ability to negotiate and manage expectations.
  • Is ambitious, collaborative and excited by the prospect of contributing to an expanding, forward-thinking firm.
  • Thrives in a flexible working environment and values being part of a team.

Our Firm Goals

We carefully chose our values as a firm to ensure they reflect the way we conduct our work, both internally and externally. We embrace 5 core values; Trust, Teamwork, Excellence, Accountability, and Engagement. We reflect these in all areas of our practice, in particular, in our personal and dedicated service to each and every client. By embedding these values into our culture our clients recognise us as trusted advisors. 

Our commitment to our clients and hard work over the years is reflected in the ‘Leading Firm‘ ranking that we have achieved for consecutive years from the prestigious Chambers & Partners, and Legal 500 directories. As a firm, we intend to continue to dedicate ourselves to our values in the pursuit of trusted advisor status.

Life at Goughs

Our mission is to provide excellent, trusted and truly personal legal services. How we do this is simple – we are committed to our clients, our people and our communities. Whether you require legal services for you, your family or your business, you can rest assured that with over forty lawyers at seven easy-to-reach high street locations, you will receive high quality legal advice, tailored to meet your needs.

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Firm Goals & Values

We are committed to ensuring clients always receive a tailored and personalised service and we place their needs at the centre of everything we do.

The values are also qualities and attributes that we look for in our employees. 

The Team

Collaboration & Team Culture

You won’t just be part of a Family Team, you’ll be part of a full-service law firm. That means you’ll benefit from:

  • Cross-referrals and collaboration with our Property, Corporate, and Private Client teams, including support from Chambers-ranked property experts.
  • Sector expertise from colleagues, including specialist knowledge in complex pensions.
  • A Family team spread across six offices, creating opportunities for knowledge-sharing, mentoring and professional growth.

Here, you’ll have colleagues at your side, ready to share expertise and work together to achieve the best results for clients.

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Head of Department

Thomas Boyce

Partner and Head of Family

Our Offices

We have seven offices dotted across Wiltshire in;

  • Calne
  • Chippenham
  • Corsham
  • Devizes
  • Melksham
  • Trowbridge
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What is it like to work at Goughs?

“It’s friendly and approachable atmosphere and sense of camaraderie!”

Rebecca Bailey
Senior Associate Solicitor

What we can offer you

Financial

  • Highly competitive salaries across all roles and levels.
  • Firm-wide annual bonus scheme based on the firm’s performance and profits.
  • Enrolment into the Workplace Pension Scheme after three months, with matched contributions up to 5% (depending on role) following successful completion of probation.
  • Generous referral schemes, including an employee introduction bonus, client referral bonus, and discounted legal fees for all employees.
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
  • Life Assurance to provide financial peace of mind.

Well-being

  • Commitment to a healthy work–life balance through our agile working policy.
  • Healthcare Cash Plan for all employees, covering dental, optical and therapy treatments, plus access to 24-hour counselling and an online GP service.
  • Comprehensive Private Medical Insurance (for Associate level and above).
  • Discounted gym membership for all staff.
  • Additional 1.5 days off during the Christmas period, plus Buying and Selling holiday scheme.

Career & Development

  • Tailored career structure scheme for all lawyers and business support employees.
  • Annual performance and development reviews for all employees.
  • Support with study and qualifications, and firm-paid professional body memberships.
  • Working for a Lexcel and CQS accredited firm.
  • Optional work mobile phone (for Associate level and above) and daily access to a work laptop (for all lawyers).

Social & Recognition

  • Wide range of firm-funded social events throughout the year.
  • Length of service celebration and recognition scheme.
  • Ad hoc employee appreciation gifts and bi-monthly prize draws.
  • Goughs Values initiatives – including the Goughs Values Champion, who receives an additional day of annual leave on their next birthday.
  • Charitable events supporting nominated charities, with entry/registration fees covered by the firm.
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Times best place to work

At Goughs we are thrilled to be recognised as among the Best Places to Work. The list, published yearly, by the prestigious Times, showcases excellence in employee care and recognition.

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    Partner and Head of Family

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