Legal Abacus - Message from the Chair

Legal Abacus is the bi-monthly magazine for members of the ILFM. The main aim of Legal Abacus is to communicate and inform our members about what is happening within education and career development, legal accounting and business management, and in the wider legal sector as a whole. It has proved to be an informative and valuable resource for our members and readers in keeping up to date with key issues.

Chairs Message Nov/Dec 2018

Posted2018-11-14 09:00
AuthorDarren Whelan AILFM

As I write this, temperatures have already plummeted to near zero. Looking out of the window, Summer and Autumn appear to be greeting one another as old friends as we begin the transition from one season to another. Summer, and 2018 overall, almost seem like...

Chairs Message Sept/Oct 2018

Posted2018-10-01 00:00
AuthorSue Williams FILFM

Well, here we are approaching the Autumn and we have our annual Conference and AGM coming up in November. We have a great line up of speakers for the Conference, including Chris Handford, Director of Policy for the SRA, so we will be hearing all about the up...

Chairs Message July/August 2018

Posted2018-08-01 00:00
AuthorSue Williams FILFM

The SRA published a report in May evaluating their reforms to the Accountants’ report requirements. They found that in the period June to November 2017 they received 923 qualified reports, which is only a third of the number received in the same period...

Chairs Message May/June 2018

Posted2018-06-01 00:00
AuthorSue Williams FILFM

Hello! I’m sure you will all be surprised to see another Chair’s Message from me, as I completed my two years as chair at the AGM at the end of November and handed over to my Vice Chair, Jacky Ellis. I am very sorry to tell you that Jacky...