Family law support for UK firms
A lawyer placed through Singularity works inside your family team full time, on children, divorce and financial remedy matters. In practice that means the disclosure and drafting work that consumes a fee-earner's week: Form E and the financial schedules behind it, applications and orders, statements, and bundles ready for hearing.
They are qualified South African attorneys, not England and Wales solicitors, so they work under your supervision and your authorised lawyers carry out anything reserved. You choose the person from a shortlist and direct their work exactly as you would any other colleague.
What the work looks like
Case and matter work
- Form E preparation and the financial disclosure schedules behind it
- Children Act, divorce and financial remedy matters
- Drafting statements, applications and orders
- Disclosure, evidence and bundle preparation
- Practice Direction and court documentation
- Matter progression and deadline management
Client and operational
- Client communication and case updates
- HMCTS and court process management
- Liaising with the other side and with counsel
- Safeguarding and sensitive matter support
- General fee-earner and case management support
Why family work suits this model
Financial remedy work is document heavy and deadline driven, and most of it is preparation rather than advocacy. That is the part a capable lawyer can carry in full, and it is usually the part that keeps partners at their desks in the evening. Because South Africa sits one to two hours ahead of London, a question asked at eleven is answered before lunch rather than overnight.
How the hire works
You tell us the seat you need filled. We search our network of more than a thousand South African lawyers and put forward a small shortlist, every candidate already scrutinised and interviewed by the lawyers on our own team. You interview them and choose. The search costs you nothing, there is no recruitment fee and no lock-in, and we replace the lawyer whenever you ask, whatever the reason. Your first hire through Singularity carries thirty days at our risk: if it is not a success you pay nothing for the month, and we still pay the lawyer.
Bring the seat you are struggling to fill.
Twenty minutes, no deck, no obligation. We will tell you honestly whether we can help.
Book a 20-minute callYour first placement starts with thirty days at our risk, not yours.