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Why Become a Locum?

ash — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:52:08 +0000

For me, it was because I got bored with being in the same place. I had a couple of conventional jobs where I was employed. I knew the ropes. I got on with my co-workers, it was a long time ago, but I do not remember feeling unhappy. Back in the early 1990s, there was […]

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Locum Checklist!

ash — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:30:45 +0000

What should you be discussing when you chat with a Firm for the first time, either in response to an advert posted by them or where they have contacted you, having seen your profile? Obviously your hourly rate. If they are calling you about your profile, you may well have included this information in one […]

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How I Became a Locum!

ash — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:26:55 +0000

It all started in 1991. I have been at my new firm for about 2 years. The people were nice and polite, the work was challenging and therefore okay, but I had already started to get “itchy feet”. I had realised that being in the same place indefinitely was not for me. One day a […]

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The difference between being a self employed locum and a staff lawyer

ash — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:28:47 +0000

This article compares self-employed locums and staff lawyers, discussing differences in tax status, responsibilities, and integration into the work environment.

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How to Find Locum Assignments

ash — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:24:59 +0000

Back in the 1990s, when I started locumming, Locums were a new breed, often regarded with suspicion and curiosity by Firms and fellow lawyers. I was asked more than once in the early days whether I was a Locum because I couldn’t hold down a ‘proper’ job. Up until around then, Firms had tended to […]

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What are the Benefits of Being Self-Employed?

ash — Tue, 16 May 2023 15:22:26 +0000

I like being self-employed! The thing I like the most is not being tied to a particular firm or office. The freedom of movement is what first attracted me to being a locum. Over the years I’ve worked with well over 100 different Firms, not to mention the Firms I’ve been back to on a […]

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What is a Locum?

ash — Mon, 15 May 2023 15:51:14 +0000

When I tell people what I do, I still get some blank faces, even amongst fellow lawyers. When I first decided to give locumming a go, over 30 years ago, it was even more unusual, paternity leave hadn’t been invented back then and many Firms still tried to make do when one of their fee […]

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What Makes a Good Locum?

ash — Wed, 03 May 2023 13:11:49 +0000

I’ve been a locum for almost 32 years, except for a couple of years at the turn of the century when I accepted an offer of paid employment following the birth of my son. It was local and the money was good, that’s my excuse. It’s not for me to judge myself but I have […]

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Are Case Management Systems Too Tech Focussed?

ash — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:34:25 +0000

I’ve just sat through another whistle-stop overview of yet another case management system which is supposed to be the fee earner friend. If it is a friend, it’s a very needy one. It does lots of things. But is that what we really need? The practice management team clearly think so. Largely consisting of non-lawyers, […]

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Fee Earners

ash — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:22:59 +0000

The term ‘Fee Earner’ is becoming a misnomer. Firms are increasingly expecting lawyers to do everything, their point being that they have paid for and installed expensive software to enable this. They have got a point, but they are wrong. It is a false economy to require (so-called) fee earners to log their own time, […]

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