Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe UK legal recruitment market remained quieter than expected during the summer of 2026, although there are some signs that the wider employment market may be starting to improve. During July, the Ten Percent Group added 20 new locum roles, compared with 29 during the same period in 2025. We received 14 new permanent vacancies,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the current legal recruitment market, finding quality permanent candidates is harder than ever. Yet time and again, firms are overlooking a valuable and ready-made pool of talent; locums.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAdvice on deciding whether or not to become a locum solicitor from Jonathan Fagan, MD at Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Interim Lawyers.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocums – get paid promptly, or else – an article by Ten Percent Legal and Interim Lawyers for locums and would be locums,
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe often get partners of law firms contacting us to request details of locums who are able to do conveyancing and wills and probate, residential and commercial conveyancing and many more besides. Is it feasible?
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: 4 minutesA locum solicitor is a lawyer who works on a short term basis only – sometimes for a few hours, and other times for a few years – to cover for absent members of staff. Commonly used in local authorities, where staff always seem to require more cover than in private practice (I would imagine…