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 Buckinghamshire are looking for a locum to provide COLP/COFA cover as required for the next few months. You will need to have previous COLP/COFA experience for this one and ideally a background in either conveyancing or civil litigation. This is a part-time role and the work can be carried out […]
- A law firm in Powys are looking for locum cover for the following areas: ·Divorce and child law ·Civil litigation ·Inheritance Act claims ·Contentious probate ·Private Client There may also possibly be some personal injury work. You will be helping out while the firm recruit permanently and either full or part-time hours will […]
- A London-based charity are looking for a locum solicitor to provide assistance with social care work for disabled adults starting as soon as you are able. This will be for approximately 3-6 months while they recruit permanently and may suit someone from a local authority background with relatable experience. The charity are largely cloud-based […]
- 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 law firm in Cheshire are looking for a locum family solicitor to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of approximately 6-9 months. You will be handling a privately funded caseload of less than 50 files. Some cases are issued and some are not, mainly divorce and finances and […]
- A law firm in Sunderland are looking for a private client locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of at least 3 months. Either full or part-time hours will be considered for this role and you will need to be based at the firm's offices as remote/hybrid working […]
- A law firm in Lincolnshire are looking for a private client locum to help out on a part-time basis starting as soon as you are able for at least 2 months. This will be for around 15-20 hours per week and while the firm would prefer hybrid working, they will consider fully remote for the […]
- A law firm in Lincolnshire are looking for a conveyancing locum to help out on a part-time basis starting as soon as you are able for at least 2 months. This will be for around 20 hours per week and you will be handling a residential conveyancing caseload. Hybrid working is available but you […]
- A multi-office law firm in North Yorkshire are looking for a locum family solicitor to help out starting as soon as you are able while they recruit permanently for the role. Either full or part-time hours will be considered and hybrid working is available. The firm use Unity (Quill) case management software and a […]
- A law firm based in Edinburgh are looking for a commercial litigation locum to help out on a part-time ongoing basis. This is likely to be for 2-3 days per week and the work can be carried out remotely although office space can be made available if preferred. You will need to be Scots-qualified with […]
- A new vacancy has arisen with a law firm in London providing fully remote services and looking for a locum to cover from the 21st May 2026 to 25th June 2026 inclusive. Fully remote role, and details below: Firm looking for an experienced Residential Property Lawyer to provide support during holiday leave for a […]
- 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 3 years' PQE and able to hit the ground running. Whilst this […]
- Teesside solicitors firm require a locum public/private law children solicitor for a period of 3 months or more. May consider ILEX as well. They require someone to be in the office for a minimum of 2 days a week, but apart from this the work can be carried out remotely. The firm handles legal […]
- SME law firm in Milton Keynes looking for a general locum litigation solicitor to join them for a period of about 3 months, possibly longer. Full time would be ideal, the firm can offer an element of hybrid working – but not fully remote. Some attendance in Milton Keynes will be required. Firm covers quite […]
- A law firm in Buckinghamshire are looking for two private client locums to help out while they recruit permanently for the role. The roles will be as follows: ·A newly-qualified solicitor with private client experience. ·An experienced private client solicitor capable of running a busy private client department. You will need to be experienced […]
- 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.
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