The Institute of Legal Finance & Management

This Q&A is intended for law firms. Where a member of a limited liability partnership (LLP) signs a bill, it considers whether that signature should be in the name of the firm or in the name of the individual LLP member.

This Q&A considers whether a client is entitled to see a copy of their client account ledger and/or any payments made from the office account.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to ask clients at the outset of a matter whether they are happy for small residual balances to be donated to charity.

This Q&A is intended for law firms. It considers whether, under the SRA Accounts Rules, there is a difference between agreed fees and fixed fees.

This Q&A is intended for law firms regulated by the SRA. It considers whether money normally held outside of client account which has been converted into investments such as bonds and shares should be included in a central register.