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SRA Accounts Rules compliance: Breaches and Cyber Security

Legal Sector Audit & Assurance Director, Huw Nicholls, answers most common questions around SRA Accounts Rules compliance, in relation to cyber security and breaches.

FAQs - SRA Accounts Rules compliance for law firms

Legal Sector Audit Partner, Tom Blanford, answers some of the most asked questions about compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules and who needs to be involved for LawFirmAmbition.

Due diligence and confidentiality when selling your law firm

Andy answers the most common questions around the due diligence process and confidentiality when selling a law firm

The sales process when selling your law firm

I was interviewed recently by Law Firm Ambition about my views on the most common questions I see around selling a law firm. Below I answer questions around the sales process and negotiation when selling a law firm. To see my answers to previous questions, follow these links:

Questions 1 - 5 - The basics 

Getting your law firm ready for sale

Are you thinking of selling your law firm? Andy answers the most common questions around minimising tax and getting your law firm ready for sale. 

How to Determine Value When Selling Your Law Firm

Thinking of selling your law firm? Legal sector Director, Tom, has answered some of the most common questions asked when looking to sell a law firm. He answers question about determining value including work-in-progress and tangible assets 

Selling Your Law Firm: The Basics

Thinking of selling your law firm. Andy Poole has answered some of the most common questions asked when looking to sell a law firm. 

7 Funding Options Your Law Firm Could Consider

As first appeared on the Law Society’s Small Firms Division website. 

An important consideration for all businesses in planning their growth, and managing cash flow in the process, is what, if any, suitable funding can assist them.

What sources of funding are available for law firms, and how readily available are they? Stephen Dinsmore, commercial funding director at Armstrong Watson LLP, lists seven options your firm could consider.

Benefits of outsourcing your Finance Function in your Law Firm

What are the benefits of engaging with an external party to provide the equivalent of a finance director function for your law firm?

HMRC Investigation - Brabners VAT on disbursements case

As a result of the Brabner's case, we have seen HMRC targeting this area of HMRC inspections more closely. We at Armstrong Watson were able to intervene at an early stage in a similar case, and gave sound advice which resulted in a positive outcome. Stepehen Ferrie, VAT consultant, explains more...