It would be a brave person who predicted what the professions will look like in 10 years’ time,’ says George Bull, head of Baker Tilly’s professional practices group. What is clear, however, is that ‘change is inevitable’. This is in no small part due to the impact of the Legal Services Act (LSA) 2007, key elements of which came into force in October last year. Its impact appears somewhat delayed, however, with many uncertainties still to be resolved.

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