Welcome to the Ten Percent Legal Locum Service. We offer locum solicitor and interim lawyer services to law firms, local authorities, businesses and in-house legal departments in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Ireland, as well as offshore. Ten Percent Legal Recruitment also owns the Interim Lawyers website and you can register with either site for the same high quality service.
Book a Locum Online, email us at cv@ten-percent.co.uk or call 0800 246 5001
We have a database of over 1,500 locum solicitors, legal executives, legal cashiers, barristers, in-house counsel, office managers, fee earners, licensed conveyancers, paralegals and non-qualified lawyers who are able to assist with assignments or contracts across the UK and offshore. Click here to register your assignment.
Locum Services for Law Firms & In-House Legal Departments
Ten-Percent Locum Services offer emergency support to firms looking for lawyers and legal support staff for short term or fixed term contracts, whether for holiday cover, increased caseloads, extended annual leave, ongoing consultancy work, ad hoc consultancy, employee departure cover, senior lawyer retirement from practice, sickness leave and maternity leave. Our locums provide office based cover and also remote working support. We also have some locum lawyers who are interested in working on a locum to permanent basis (ie moving from contract to salaried roles). Our locum service also operates via InterimLawyers.co.uk, which is part of our company.
Register your Legal Locum or Consultancy Assignment Online
Looking for Locum Work?
Register for Locum work – click this link to send us your CV and provide details of the work you are looking for.
Once you have completed the form we will be in touch. To work as a locum we will need: 1) A copy of your passport or driving licence, 2) a copy of a recent utility bill or similar, and 3) a copy of your current practising certificate if relevant. These can be emailed through to us at cv@ten-percent.co.uk. If you have any references (in the form of a “to whom it may concern” letter), please email these through as well. We expect to hold two recent references for all our locums.
We do not employ locums; instead each company or firm will contract directly with the locum, usually as a self-employed consultant, although it can be done through the firm’s PAYE system. Normally (in 99% of cases) locums are covered by the firm or company’s professional indemnity insurance, but it is important you check this on commencement of any assignment.
Once you have registered with us, we keep your details on our system and send out automated updates with any new locum assignments coming in. If you have any questions, please email us: cv@ten-percent.co.uk. We usually respond within an hour during office hours. NB: Full information about our locum services can be found on our specialist locum website Interim Lawyers.
Locum Vacancy Update Feed
- An Essex-based law firm are looking for a senior family solicitor with specialist expertise in pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements to be a port of call for junior lawyers at the firm needing support or advice. This is an ad hoc fully remote role and the firm are looking for the following: Extensive Experience: […]
- A law firm in Essex are looking for a senior conveyancing locum to act as a consultant as they launch their new conveyancing brand over the next few months. The Practice Manager is not a conveyancer and has no prior experience running a conveyancing firm. They are fully set up including CRM, website, reception, […]
- Compliance Solicitor (Data Protection) – Remote Working Consultant – Part Time A small-medium sized law firm with a completely remote working ethos are looking for a solicitor to join them on an ongoing basis. The firm (Legal 500 & Chambers) are looking for a Data Protection Solicitor to work as a consultant on a […]
- A law firm in Manchester are looking for a locum with construction experience to help out on an ad hoc remote working basis. You will be dealing with a mixture of requests, for example advising a surveyor on contractual issues as they arise, preparing T&Cs and agreements for construction-related services such as cleaning and asbestos […]
- A multi-office law are looking for a conveyancing locum to provide cover during August 2025 at one of their Surrey offices. Either full or part-time hours will be considered and while some hybrid working is available, you will need to attend either the firm's Camberley or Farnham office regularly as part of the placement. […]
- A law firm in Gloucester are looking for an experienced litigation locum to help out during August and September 2025 until their permanent recruit starts at the beginning of October. You will be dealing with a mixed caseload to include employment, property, contentious probate, negligence, and some commercial disputes. You should be able to hit […]
- *Please note, the following role is permanent, however, the firm would like someone on a temporary basis who can assist while they find a permanent candidate. If you are interested on an interim basis, please let me know.* A Central London law firm is looking for a legal cashier to work out of their […]
- A law firm in Essex are looking for a residential conveyancing locum to help out at their office in Romford on the following dates: 20th August 22nd August 27th August 29th August 01st September 03rd September You will be dealing with a small caseload of residential conveyancing matters while the head of conveyancing […]
- A law firm in North West London are looking for a family law locum to help out on an ad hoc remote working basis. You will be assisting a very experienced solicitor with specific tasks e.g. section 25 statements, and this will very much be an ad hoc arrangement that should fit easily around any […]
- A law firm in Warrington urgently require a housing litigation locum to provide sick leave cover starting immediately for as long as required. They require help complying with court directions as well as a relatively heavy caseload including the following: ·Housing Condition Claims ·Neighbour disputes ·TOLATA/forced sale claims ·Landlord Deposit claims Remote/hybrid working […]
- A London law firm are looking for a family locum to help out starting as soon as you are able. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in divorce, child custody, financial settlements, and domestic abuse cases. This a part-time role of approximately 1 day per week that will be ongoing until the […]
- A law firm in Berkshire are looking for an experienced family locum to help out an ad hoc basis starting as soon as you are able. While this is more of a behind the scenes role without any client-facing work, you will need to be able to work unassisted so you should ideally have a […]
- A Manchester-based law firm are looking for a corporate locum to assist on an ad hoc basis of around 1 day per week. The workload will relate to SME buying/selling and shareholder agreements. The amount of work may increase over time but should fit around existing commitments relatively easily. Fully remote so no office attendance […]
- A law firm in Wiltshire are looking for a family law locum to help out for the next 1-2 weeks starting this coming week commencing 21st July 2025. This is a caseload of privately funded work and part-time hours should be fine. The firm will provide access to their case management system so the […]
- A multi-office law firm in Middlesex are looking for a wills & probate locum to provide maternity leave cover from October 2025 for a period of around 1 year. You will ideally be available on a full-time basis although 3-4 days per week will also be considered. You will need to be able to […]
- A law firm in Berkshire are looking for a property locum for repeat holiday cover bookings. There are three property fee earners at the firm requiring holiday cover throughout the year and while the work will mainly be residential conveyancing, there may also be an element of commercial property involved. You should be relatively local […]
- Conveyancing Locum in West London – 18-25th July 2025 – office-based role – Central London (England)A law firm in West London are looking for a conveyancing locum to provide cover from this Friday 18th July until next Friday 25th July 2025 inclusive. You will need to be wholly office-based for this one as hybrid/remote working is not available – the firm's offices are located within a short walk of Ealing […]
- A multi-office law firm are looking for a conveyancing locum to carry out title checking work on a full-time basis starting as soon as you are able for a period of at least 3 months. This is a full-time role of 37.5 hours per week and the firm are happy for you to attend […]
- A London law firm are looking for a commercial property locum to help out starting as soon as you are able on a part-time basis. This will be for 1 day per week initially with a view to increasing the number of hours over time. You will be handling commercial leases and the work can […]
- A Central London law firm are looking for an immigration locum to assist on an ongoing ad hoc basis. The role is entirely remote but flexibility is required in terms of when you are able to work. You will need to be capable of handling a wide range of matters largely via telecoms.
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