HenrysEndless reminders from external law firms about late payment of bills, invoices containing inadequate information, queries from the business client about the nature of the work undertaken and the appropriateness of the fee and… endless reams of paperwork.

Does this sound all too familiar? If so, you can take some comfort from the fact that you are not alone. When the increasingly sophisticated credit control procedures of the law firm come face-to-face with the accounting systems of the client it is almost inevitable that some or all of these problems will arise unless something is done to address it.