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 Essex are looking for an experienced residential conveyancing locum to provide holiday cover from 7th November to 5th December 2025. This is a full-time role and you will need to be based at the firm's offices in Romford for the duration of the placement as hybrid/remote working is not available.
- A law firm in Oxfordshire are looking for a conveyancing locum to help out on a potentially long-term ad hoc basis. They currently have an overflow of work they require assistance with but they would also be looking to make repeat books for holiday and sick leave going forward. You will need to be SRA/CLC/CQS […]
- A law firm in Bristol are looking for an experienced conveyancing locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of around 3-6 weeks. You will need extensive shared ownership experience for this one. This is an office-based role so remote/hybrid working is not available.
- A law firm in North Wales are looking for a private client locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of at least 4 weeks. Full or part-time hours will be considered and hybrid working is available. However, you will need to attend the firm's offices at least part […]
- Berkshire based law firm are looking to take on an experienced family law solicitor on a consultancy basis due to an increased amount of work coming into the firm. Initially, this is a part-time role although hours could increase if wanted should the workload build up.This is an ongoing role and the firm are set […]
- A law firm in Warwickshire are looking for a corporate locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of at least 6 months. You will be working on a project involving a share purchase agreement initially and the firm will consider a permanent arrangement further down the line if […]
- A law firm in Gloucester are looking for a property litigation locum to help out from 20th October 2025 for a period of approximately 1 month. This is a full-time role and you would need to be based at the firm's offices in Gloucester.
- A conveyancing firm are looking for a qualified solicitor or CLC conveyancer with a minimum of 8 years' PQE to help out on a remote working basis for a period of at least 3 weeks starting immediately. This is a full-time role and experience of Hoowla and Slack would be advantageous. Some support is available […]
- A building construction company are looking for a conveyancing locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of 3-4 months. You will need to have a strong residential background for this one and be able to manage a high caseload, with the requirement of a quick turnaround. You will […]
- Property Locum in East London – Dec 2025 for 6-12 months – hybrid working – Central London (England)A boutique law firm in East London are looking for a property locum to provide maternity leave cover from December 2025 for a period of at least 6 months and possibly up to 12 months. While ideally you will be able to cover both commercial and residential property work, the firm will also consider candidates […]
- A law firm in Surrey are looking for a locum residential conveyancing secretary to help out from 20th October 2025 for an initial period of 2 weeks. You will be providing jury duty cover, however, so this may end up being extended. You will need prior residential conveyancing experience. This is a full-time role […]
- A law firm in Lancashire are looking for a conveyancing locum to help out starting as soon as you are able while they recruit permanently for the role. The caseload is predominantly residential conveyancing and while experience of commercial property work would be advantageous, this is by no means essential. The firm are ideally […]
- A multi-office law firm in Middlesex are looking for a property locum to provide maternity leave cover from January 2026 for a period of 6-12 months. The caseload will be a mix of residential and commercial property work – the commercial property will be standard high-street practice work involving primarily sale and purchase of commercial […]
- A boutique property law firm are looking for a Russian speaking conveyancing locum to help out on a remote working basis. The firm specialise in complex and foreign source of funds work and are looking for someone to pass overflow work to as required. This is likely to be 2-3 matters per month initially and […]
- A law firm in Middlesex are looking for a wills & probate locum to help out starting as soon as you are able for a period of at least 3 months. This is a part-time role of 3 days per week although the firm will consider full-time if preferred. They are also recruiting permanently for […]
- A law firm in West Yorkshire are looking for a residential conveyancing locum to provide cover from 4th to 13th February 2026 inclusive (8 working days). This is a part-time role with hours likely to be 10am to 4pm and you will need to be self-sufficient with experience of the LEAP case management system. […]
- Medium sized commercial law firm based in the Lancashire area looking for a senior commercial litigation locum solicitor to join them. The firm undertakes a lot of asset finance work and is in need of an experienced commercial litigation solicitor to take charge of one of their teams for a period of up to 12 […]
- North Yorkshire firm in the Durham area looking for a residential conveyancing locum to provide office based cover from the 29th October to the 14th November inclusive. If you are available to cover this assignment, please register with Interim Lawyers as a locum in the first instance – www.interimlawyers.co.uk – very simple process. We are […]
- Small law firm based near to Swansea looking for either a) a conveyancing and private client solicitor, b) a conveyancing solicitor or c) a private client solicitor to assist them for at least a month starting immediately. The firm have got a lot of work on and need assistance. Solely general residential conveyancing, the private […]
- A multi-office law firm in Merseyside are looking for a residential conveyancing locum to provide cover from 22-26th September 2025. This will be for full-time hours throughout the week and you will need to attend the firm's offices as remote/hybrid working is not available.
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