Professional Indemnity - Law and order
Both the law and accountancy sectors have experienced a recent period of upheaval, after the demise of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund and high-profile accountancy corporate scandals. Hugh Price does the sums and assesses the parallels between the two grand old professions
Law and accountancy are two of the oldest professions and yet in recent times both have received a considerable amount of media attention.
Solicitors have seen the monopoly Solicitors' Indemnity Fund
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