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 consumer advice organisation in London are looking for two locums to assist on a remote working basis starting as soon as you are able: Bank Fraud & Ombudsman Claims Locum You will need to be able to manage complex cases involving Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, liaise with banks, regulators, and the […]
- A law firm in East London are looking for a family locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of 3-6 months while they recruit permanently. This is a full-time role and you will be handling a privately funded caseload of divorce, children, and financial settlement matters. You […]
- A law firm in East London are looking for an employment locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of 3-6 months while they recruit permanently. The caseload will be predominantly claimant work and this is a full-time role. You will need to be office-based for this one […]
- A law firm in Northamptonshire are looking for a family locum to provide maternity cover for approximately 4 months starting as soon as possible. You will be managing a privately funded caseload of divorce, separation, financial, children, and TOLATA matters. This would be for around 4 days per week for the initial month and […]
- A new vacancy has arisen with a law firm based in the Wolverhampton area. They are looking for a locum commercial property solicitor to join them and provide in house legal advice to a large property investment company client. The role is office based and the hours are part time. The firm would like […]
- Conveyancing Solicitor in Cheshire – 1 day per week – 6-8 months – office-based – Wilmslow (England)A law firm in Cheshire are looking for a conveyancing locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of around 6-8 months. You will be handling around 9 matters initially while the firm look to expand the department. This will be for 1 day per week at the […]
- A law firm in North London are looking for a personal injury locum to help out on a full-time basis for the next 1-2 months. You will be carrying out claimant PI work on litigated cases with a value range of £15-100k. Experience of Proclaim would be advantageous. While hybrid working of 1-2 days […]
- A London-based law firm are looking for an employment locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of around 1 year. This will be to carry out claimant-based employment law work and either full or part-time hours will be considered. This is a fully remote working role so office […]
- A law firm in Surrey are looking for a residential conveyancing locum to provide cover from 17th to 28th November 2025 inclusive. You will be providing annual leave cover for the Head of Conveyancing and office hours will be Mon-Fri 9am to 5.30pm with a 1-hour unpaid lunch break. Paralegal support is available and […]
- A North London law firm are looking for a property litigation locum to help out starting as soon as you are able on an ad hoc fully remote working basis. This role will be ongoing and is likely to be up to 10 hours per week although it is very ad hoc. The firm is […]
- A law firm in Wales are looking for a residential conveyancing locum to help out for around 4-7 hours per week on an ongoing basis. The work involved will be mainly drafting and can be carried out on a remote working basis with flexible hours.
- A law firm in Worcestershire are looking for a commercial property locum to provide cover from 8th December 2025 for a period of 2 weeks. Either full or part-time hours will be considered although you will need to be available for at least 3 days each week or for shorter days across the whole of […]
- A law firm in Central London are looking for a commercial property locum to help out on a part-time basis of 1-2 days per week. The caseload you will be handling includes purchases, sales, refinances and asset management work. You will need to be a qualified solicitor with at least 4 years' PQE for […]
- A management consultancy group are looking for an in-house commercial litigation locum to help out for a period of at least 6 months on a full-time basis. You will be carrying out corporate/commercial litigation work and while the work is almost entirely remote, you may need to visit one of the offices on the Isle […]
- A law firm with offices in London and Kent are looking for a civil litigation locum to help out on a part-time basis starting immediately. You will be handling mainly debt recovery and contract work and this is a part-time role of 12-16 hours per week. Hybrid working is available for this one but […]
- A law firm in Kent are urgently looking for a locum family solicitor to help out on an ad hoc basis for approximately 1 day per week for the foreseeable future. You must be available to start immediately for this one and holding a current practising certificate is absolutely essential. You will be overseeing […]
- A law firm in Cardiff are looking for a family locum to help out on a part-time basis of around 2 days per week starting as soon as you are able. You will be dealing with specialist financial and prenup work so extensive experience in this area is required. This is potentially a long-term […]
- A law firm in Central London are looking for a property litigation locum to help out starting from the middle of November while they recruit permanently for the role. You will be handling all types of property litigation as the firm act for landlords, tenants, lenders and anyone else connected to the sector. Either […]
- A law firm in Manchester are looking for two locums – one with aviation law experience and one with environmental law experience – to assist on an ad hoc basis. The aviation role is the most pressing and will be largely regulatory/compliance work in relation to passenger rules and regulations. The work for […]
- A small law firm in Hertfordshire are looking for a family locum to provide cover from 17th October (or slightly earlier if available) to 31st October 2025. The caseload is privately funded and you will need to be self-sufficient and able to hit the ground running for this one. The firm are looking for […]
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