JULIE Sheridan, an experienced consultant with the Suffolk and Essex-based Barmine Group, has launched Just Law Recruitment, a specialist legal recruitment consultancy.

JULIE Sheridan, an experienced consultant with the Suffolk and Essex-based Barmine Group, has launched Just Law Recruitment, a specialist legal recruitment consultancy.

Jackie Stoneman, managing director of the Barmine Group, which operates Key Personnel and Select Recruitment, plans to expand the new recruitment arm nationally within two years, and is also planning to launch other specialist divisions, including finance and insurance, over the coming months.

Ms Sheridan said the new consultancy was aimed at helping recruit professional legal staff at all levels.

“For more than 20 years, we have recruited legal staff through our commercial division. Recently, we've recognised the need within the legal sector for a high quality tailor-made specialist service,” she said.

Many legal firms had experienced difficulty in recruiting the right calibre of staff, she said.

“Almost as soon as we started to tell potential clients about our new niche service, we found that there was great interest. As a result, we have already placed lots of high calibre candidates,” she said.