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
- A law firm in North Wales are looking for a residential conveyancing locum to help out starting from 1st June 2026 for a period of 12 months. Either full or part-time hours will be considered, although you will need to be available for at least 3 days per week. Ideally, you will be able […]
- A London-based law firm are looking for a criminal locum to help out with approximately 50 crown court cases over the next couple of months. This would entail reading case files, briefing counsel, attending counsel, and taking statements from clients and instructing experts. You will need to attend London-based courts and prisons around the M25. […]
- A law firm in Staffordshire are looking for a family locum to help out on a part-time basis for a period of 6 weeks starting from 12th March 2026. The caseload is entirely privately funded with a mixture of Children Act proceedings and finances. The practice is paper-based and full secretarial support will be available. […]
- A law firm in Essex are looking for a family locum to help out from the middle of February while they recruit permanently for the role. You will be handling a mixed caseload of legal aid and privately funded matters and you will need to be self-sufficient as there will not be secretarial/paralegal support. […]
- A law firm in Manchester are looking for a locum specialising in GDPR/data protection work to help out starting as soon as you are able. This will be on an extremely ad hoc basis with no guaranteed hours and the work can be carried out remotely.
- A law firm in Derbyshire are looking for a wills & probate locum to help out starting as soon as you are able while they recruit permanently for the role. This will be for 2 days per week initially and you will need to attend the firm's offices for the duration of the placement as […]
- A law firm in Hampshire are looking for a residential conveyancing locum to provide cover from 23rd March to 2nd April 2026. This will ideally be on a full-time basis although there may be some flexibility in terms of hours. Full-time secretarial support is available. You will need to attend the firm's offices for […]
- An Essex-based law firm are looking for a conveyancing locum to provide holiday cover for 2 consecutive weeks around between 22nd June and 10th July 2026. The fee earner you will be providing cover for is flexible as to the specific dates but you must be able to attend the office for the duration of […]
- A law firm in Middlesex are looking for a private client locum to help out starting as soon as you are able until September 2026. This is a full-time office-based role with no hybrid/remote working available.
- A private healthcare provider is looking for a commercial solicitor to work in their in-house legal department in South Manchester. The company would like to speak to solicitors who have 1 to 3 years' PQE in broad commercial work. In-house experience is not essential, this would be a great opportunity for someone currently in private […]
- A law firm in Cheshire are looking for a motoring offence locum to help out starting from early February 2026 for a period of approximately 2 months or possibly longer. This is a part-time role and you will be handling around 10-20 motoring offence files, mostly involving drink/drug driving. Remote working is fine for […]
- A law firm in West Sussex are looking for a residential conveyancing locum to provide holiday cover for 5-6 days in the middle of February 2026. The exact dates have not been confirmed as yet but the start date is likely to be with 12th, 13th or 16th February. You will need to be […]
- A multi-office law firm in Scotland are looking for a Scots law qualified residential conveyancing locum to help out for a period of around 12-18 months from the beginning of February 2026. This will ideally be on a full-time basis, although 4 days per week will also be considered. You will need to attend […]
- A law firm in Central London are looking for an employment to assist starting from March 2026 for a period of 9-12 months. You will need to be able to handle the full range of employment work, acting for both employers and employees. You will need experience in advising employers on day-to-day HR advice and […]
- A law firm in North London are looking for a wills & probate locum to help out starting from 19th January 2026 for a period of approximately 2-3 months. This will be on a part-time basis of 3 days per week. You will need to be office-based for at least the first month – […]
- A Central London law firm are looking for a landlord & tenant locum to help out starting as soon as you are able while they recruit permanently for the role. You will need to be an experienced solicitor with a minimum of 5 years' PQE and able to hit the ground running. This is […]
- A multi-office law firm in the North West are looking for a family locum to help out on a part-time ongoing basis. This will be an ad hoc arrangement to free up a senior solicitor and is likely to be for around 7-21 hours per week. The caseload will be privately funded and consist mainly […]
- A law firm based in Manchester are looking for a personal injury locum to help out from 5th January 2026 for a period of at least 3 months and possibly longer. Industrial disease injury experience would be highly advantageous for this one. The firm are ideally looking for full-time hours although 4 days per […]
- A management consultancy based in London are looking for a locum to help out with acquisition work on an ad hoc basis. This is likely to be for at least 2 months and possibly longer. The work can be carried out remotely, so no office attendance is required.
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