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Liability Risk and Insurance

Careless choice of clients

A survey of 200 law firms by accountants PwV warns that only 27% have a formal risk management procedure and 46% have no system to avoid taking on the ‘wrong type’ of client. All the big accountancy firms have controls to reduce the risk of massive ‘catastrophe’ litigation, but lawyers are less well organised.

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