10.03.2008
Multidisciplinary practices - equal terms with lawyers?
For at least a decade there has been a movement among accountants to form multidisciplinary practices (MDPs)
The stumbling block has always been the Law Society, which was uncomfortable with the idea of lawyers forming partnerships with accountants and other professionals. Georgiana Head takes a fresh look at the appetite for MDPs in the light of the new Legal Services Act, and Sir David Clementi's report on the provision of legal services
