Jonathan Fagan, MD of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment with his lovely medal On 26th April 2026 I completed the London Marathon. Big deal you might think. In fact before I completed the marathon this was exactly what I thought. Its not such a great achievement these days; most people run a marathon at some point and its not that far anymore. Eddie Izzard managed 28 consecutive marathons and didn't seem too badly scarred for life. Having completed the marathon, I can say that it is tough, particularly on a hot day in London. The marathon this year was seriously hot - 20+ degrees celsius. These are my random thoughts on London Marathon running: 1. You must be completely crazy to want to do this for fun. 2. I am never doing a marathon again. Once was quite enough. As someone said to me post-marathon - I have run two marathons today, my first and my last. 3. Taking sandals to wear at the end of the race was a life saver. 4. Walking down stairs...
Welcome to the April 2026 edition of Legal Recruitment News. It includes our Legal Job Market Report, locum hourly rates & solicitor salary guide, CV writing & legal careers articles and our charity work. https://legal-recruitment.co.uk/legal-recruitment-news-april-2026/ Jonathan Fagan is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment and a non-practising Solicitor. Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment provides online Legal Recruitment for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Licensed Conveyancers, Legal Cashiers, Fee Earners, Support Staff, Managers and Paralegals . Visit our Website to search our Vacancy Database.