This week’s Ten Percent Legal update includes nine newly registered locum lawyers, thirteen candidates seeking permanent roles, details of our next free webinar for law firm owners and a newly listed shell law firm available for immediate sale.
FREE WEBINAR FOR LAW FIRM OWNERS
Should Your Law Firm Become an ABS?
Applications, ownership and your future exit
Wednesday 21 October 2026, 1–2pm
Would an Alternative Business Structure suit your law firm? Whether you are considering bringing a non-lawyer into ownership, exploring outside investment or planning your eventual exit, there are practical questions to work through before making an application.
The webinar will cover non-lawyer ownership, the ABS application process, likely costs and timescales, common application pitfalls and the relationship between ABS status, investment, succession and a future sale.
The panel comprises Jonathon Bray and Ed Marshall of JBL Compliance, together with Jonathan Fagan and Taillte Mallon of Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers. Attendance is confidential. Attendee cameras and microphones will be disabled and attendees will not be visible to one another.
New Locum Lawyers
The following nine lawyers have recently registered for temporary and contract assignments. To request a CV, contact us and quote the relevant candidate reference.
LOCUM SPOTLIGHT: CN33507
20 year PQE Residential Conveyancing Solicitor
Looking for remote-working assignments. Extensive experience across bridging finance, second charges, equity release, auction purchases, development finance and high-net-worth property transactions.
CN33496: 9 year PQE residential conveyancing solicitor looking for locum roles around London or via remote working. Experienced in managing a caseload from start to finish, including high-net-worth clients.
CN33497: 25 year PQE solicitor looking for personal injury and clinical negligence locum roles around Dorset or via remote working. Experience ranges from lower-value claims to catastrophic injury and fatal accident cases.
CN33498: 23 year PQE solicitor and fractional general counsel looking for locum roles around Wiltshire or via remote working. Expertise includes commercial contracts, deal execution, restructuring, disputes and cross-border stakeholder management.
CN33502: 1 year PQE solicitor with legal experience dating back to 2021, looking for landlord and tenant locum roles around Bristol or via remote working. Experience includes residential evictions and DPS deposit adjudications.
CN33506: 4 year PQE solicitor looking for locum roles around Bedfordshire or via remote working. Media law experience includes defamation, privacy, misuse of private information and reputation management.
CN33509: 26 year PQE property solicitor looking for locum roles around Surrey or via remote working. Experienced in commercial and residential property, with a particular focus on commercial property.
CN33510: 23 year PQE solicitor and in-house counsel looking for remote-working locum roles. Experience across Asia, Europe and the Americas includes technology start-ups, cross-border M&A and limited-recourse infrastructure finance.
CN33517: 25 year PQE in-house legal counsel available for locum work around Dorset or remotely. Experience includes contracts, procurement, IT, intellectual property and data protection.
New Permanent Candidates
The following thirteen candidates are looking for permanent positions in private practice or in-house legal teams.
PERMANENT CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT: CN33521
26 year PQE Head of Family Law
Senior family law solicitor currently working at Head of Department level and looking for a suitable position in the South East London area.
CN33499: Crime paralegal and fully accredited police station representative with experience dating back to 2023. Looking for roles in Manchester and the North of England.
CN33503: Legal secretary with three years’ conveyancing experience looking for a suitable role in East or Central London.
CN33504: Paralegal with around one year’s experience in conveyancing and wills and probate, looking for a suitable role around Dartford.
CN33511: Paralegal with residential and commercial conveyancing experience dating back to December 2025. Looking for a suitable role in Central or East London.
CN33513: 2 year PQE property solicitor looking for a hybrid role in Central or East London. Expertise in commercial property and residential conveyancing.
CN33514: 15 year PQE in-house counsel with more than 20 years’ legal experience, including senior roles across technology, software, consulting, energy and FinTech businesses.
CN33515: Legal executive with civil litigation and personal injury experience dating back to 2001. Looking for a suitable role in Cheshire or North Wales.
CN33516: Paralegal with local authority experience dating back to 2023, covering property, planning and child care law. Looking to move into private practice in Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire.
CN33518: NQ solicitor trained and currently working in-house, looking to move into private practice in West or Central London. Experience includes civil and commercial litigation.
CN33519: Paralegal with immigration, conveyancing and family law experience dating back to 2017. Looking for a suitable role in Central or North West London.
CN33520: Company commercial paralegal with experience dating back to January 2026. Looking for a suitable role in Central London, with experience covering data protection and intellectual property.
CN33522: Specialist claims litigation paralegal with experience dating back to August 2024. Looking for a suitable role in Manchester and the surrounding area.
HIGHLIGHTED LAW FIRM FOR SALE: REF 100432
SRA-Regulated Shell Law Firm: Immediate Sale Required
SRA-regulated limited company solicitors’ practice available for sale as a shell law firm. Trading since January 2026, the firm has undertaken residential and commercial conveyancing, private client work and a small amount of family law.
The practice has CQS accreditation and is on a range of lender panels. The two directors are moving separately to other firms with their own clients. The business is therefore offered without clients, assets or a staff team.
Immediate sale required before the PII renewal on 3 January 2027. PII is £12,000 per annum, with no claims or notifications. Offers are welcomed.
Law Firm Sales and Valuations
Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers provides confidential law firm valuations, sale and merger services. Sellers pay no sale fees. Contact us for an informal discussion about your plans.
