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Initial considerations for law firm closure, sale or merger

When closing down a law firm, due to a sale or merger, preparations will need to be considered for staff transition, closure notifications and post-closure operations. 

Law firm 2023/2024 benchmarking review provides encouraging insights

Legal Sector Manager Victoria Lovell looks at the key findings from our 2023/2024 law firm benchmarking review, including fee income averages, net profit, people and overheads. 

Insolvency procedures for UK law firms

When a law firm cannot avoid insolvency, there are a number of steps to be taken and it is important to act promptly to avoid intervention.

At the point an insolvency practitioner is engaged, there are a number of questions that must be asked before a decision is made as to the most appropriate insolvency procedure for an insolvent law firm to enter into.

Is now the time to outsource your law firm’s finance function?

The need to generate regular, timely financial information - both for internal management and external stakeholders - can be time consuming and complex, especially when pulling together data from a range of sources. Should you outsource your finance function 

How can law firms generate meaningful and useable management information?

The golden rule with most things in life, and management information being no exception, is that the quality of what you get out, is only ever as good as the quality you put in.

6 common SRA Accounts Rules breaches

The SRA Account Rules were revised in 2019 but there are some common breaches we see. Sadie Archibald, Legal Sector Audit Team Assistant Manager, looks at how these breaches can be managed internally. 

Speculation mounting ahead of 2024 Autumn Budget

Ahead of Labour’s first budget, speculation in many news reports has gathered pace - suggesting that it could be especially grim -  and Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has now laid the groundwork to ensure we won’t be surprised by tax hikes. 

Basis period reform – law firm partnerships and LLPs

The legal sector is set to be heavily affected by the basis period reform which impacts self-employed partners in both standard partnerships and LLPs. But what are the tax implications and what considerations will you need to make? 

HMRC update serves as reminder of guidance to determine tax status of LLP salaried partners

HMRC has made changes to the provisions that determine the tax status of partners of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP). While it has caused some concern, the update to the Salaried Member Rules is not a change in legislation – it simply gives insight into HMRC’s interpretation of current legislation and serves as a reminder to LLPs about the guidance they must follow for salaried members.

Is it worth being a partner in a law firm?

Legal Sector Partner, Andy Poole asks is it worth being a partner in a law firm?