Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice This question is one of the easiest to give a response to and does not appear to carry any risks at all with the response. Quite obviously you do need to indicate that you are willing to travel as if this was not part of the job then presumably the employer would not have…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This question is often asked where an interviewer has identified that you have a specific weak point on your CV, for example you have a low grade at A Level or have a Third Class Degree. The question is designed to pick you up on whether you respond negatively or positively to this question.…
Reading Time: 3 minutesLegal Recruitment – still an uncertain market Each month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the extreme political uncertainty. In May 2019 we saw a 42% decrease in the number of new permanent…
Reading Time: 3 minutesGood morning – please find below a list of lawyers registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 7 days. We have over 10,000 solicitors on our database. Unable to find a suitable candidate in the list below? Let us help. Drop us an email over or give us a call and we would be…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29389 Northampton Senior Residential Conveyancer looking for a suitable role in the Northampton area. CAN-29404 Cardiff 15 years PQE personal injury solicitor looking for a suitable role in the South Wales area. CAN-29405 Derby 6 months PQE residential conveyancing solicitor with previous 2+ years experience in conveyancing as a paralegal prior to…
Reading Time: 3 minutesPlease find below a list of lawyers registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 7 days. We have over 10,000 solicitors on our database. Unable to find a suitable candidate in the list below? Let us help. Drop us an email over or give us a call and we would be glad to assist.…
Reading Time: 5 minutesPlease find below a list of lawyers registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 7 days. We have over 10,000 solicitors on our database. Unable to find a suitable candidate in the list below? Drop us an email over or give us a call and we would be glad to assist. CAN-29330 London 1.5…
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is one of the number one questions asked by clients who instruct Ten Percent Legal to seek a buyer for their law firm or accountancy practice. If I retire what can I get for my business and by implication how long have I got before I run out of money once I have retired?…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice A fairly straight forward question in most circumstances as it is easy to give a fairly noncommittal response. Very often the question is asked of people who live in different areas to the company they have applied to or alternatively live a fair distance from the company but still potentially commutable in the short…
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion 21 – Describe a situation when you had to communicate a message to someone knowing that you were right and they were wrong and reluctant to accept your point of view. Advice This type of competency based interview question is more difficult because you need to think of a situation when there has been…
Reading Time: 2 minutesEach month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the extreme political uncertainty. In April we saw a 50% decrease in the number of new permanent vacancies compared with the previous year. How was…
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are a South African qualified lawyer who has decided to come to the UK to experience our high quality weather, our stable political system and our well functioning courts, congratulations! You may have spent 20 years practising in a good quality South African law firm undertaking high quality legal cases and you may…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe have written about this before some years ago, but it seems that there are solicitors firms out there who are trying to rip off duty solicitors and this is advice on how not to get scammed by crime firms recruiting duty solicitors. It seems that there are a couple of firms in England who…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29245 20 year PQE property solicitor dealing with a mix of residential and commercial property work including new builds and high net worth matters. Looking for permanent roles in central London. CAN-27615 2 year PQE residential conveyancing solicitor looking for locum assignments or permanent role in the Surrey region and surrounds. CAN-29287…
Reading Time: 4 minutesGood morning. Please find below a list of solicitors registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 7 days. New Permanent Candidates CAN-29260 South East London 5 year PQE Solicitor specialising in family law, civil litigation and immigration looking for a suitable role in South East London or Kent. CAN-29261 Southall 2 year PQE Solicitor…
Reading Time: 3 minutesPlease find below a list of solicitors registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 14 days. Planning to recruit in 2019? Visit www.tenpercentunlimited.co.uk for our money-saving recruitment service. New Permanent Candidates CAN-29236 Kingston 25 year PQE Clinical Negligence and Catastrophic Injury Solicitor looking for a suitable role in Kent and London. CAN-29239 Bromley 1…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is the classic competency based interview question that gets asked time and time again in some form or another. It does not matter who you are and what your circumstances, there must have always been a time when you were a member of a team and you are able to give this information…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is another relatively easy question because if you have prepared your approach to interview effectively you should have a number of examples that will cover this question already stored in your mind. It is a good time to get over the point that you are a team player who contributes effectively to a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesEach month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the extreme political uncertainty. In April 2019 we saw an decrease of 51% in new permanent vacancies compared with April 2018. We also saw a…
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are a lot of different terms used for the work of a childcare solicitor. You will often see them described as solicitors with care proceedings experience, solicitors who do publicly funded family law work (just about the only thing left now that is publicly funded is care work), social services family lawyer, local authority…
Reading Time: 3 minutesGreater London CAN-29233 Company Commercial Paralegal with experience in commercial contracts, litigation and banking law, GDPR and data protection. Looking for a post in London. CAN-29234 Senior In House Lawyer with 10 years experience. Experience in litigation, company commercial law and IP with specific experience in the media & entertainment sector. Looking for posts in…
Reading Time: 4 minutesPlease find below a list of solicitors registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 14 days. Planning to recruit in 2019? Visit www.tenpercentunlimited.co.uk for our money-saving recruitment service. New Permanent Candidates CAN-29202 South East London 8 year PQE litigation solicitor dealing with civil and commercial litigation. Looking for posts in London. CAN-29198 West-Central London…
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29123 SE London 20 year PQE Property Solicitor dealing with all aspects of residential conveyancing. Looking for posts in South London. CAN-29124 10 year PQE Commercial Property Solicitor looking for a suitable role in the West or Central London areas. CAN-29131 Reading 20 year PQE In House Solicitor dealing with dispute resolution,…
Reading Time: 7 minutesYou are a solicitor who has been in your job for at least 3 years. You completed your training contract and then found a permanent job to move into. You may have moved once or twice since then and perhaps if you are on the high street you are probably earning between £30,000 and £45,000;…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a relatively easy question, mainly because the question is so short and gives you plenty of scope in terms of material and circumstances. It is likely that just about everybody can answer this question, whether through an example from work, an example from a sporting activity or personal interest or from their…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is an answer that most people can probably conjure up from somewhere as most of the workforce will have dealt with difficult customers. Everyone has had to deal with some sort of confrontation in their lives, whether in a sporting, academic or work environment. Try to think of a work-based example as these…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary – An Uncertain Market Each month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the extreme political uncertainty. In February we saw a 50% increase in the number of new vacancies from 2018. Did…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29107 Harrow NQ Solicitor with experience in corporate commercial law, commercial litigation, property litigation and commercial and residential property. Looking for a post in Middlesex or London. CAN-29103 Croydon 4 year PQE Family Law Solicitor looking for posts in and around South London. CAN-29100 Cardiff 10 year PQE Property Solicitor looking for…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you locum it is sometimes the case that the assignment you thought you were working on changes and the client shifts the goalposts quite dramatically. This doesn’t happen that often, particularly where a client has spoken directly to the locum to discuss the role beforehand, but it does happen. Recently we have come across…
Reading Time: 3 minutesGood morning. Please find below a list of solicitors registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 14 days. click here to register vacancies online, email jobs@ten-percent.co.uk or call 0800 246 5001. New Permanent Candidates CAN-29085 Guildford 15 year PQE Commercial Property Solicitor with experience working for Legal 500 firms. Looking for posts in Surrey…