lw 14 july p20-21 midlands roundup.indd 23 brian smith: made a point of hiring local people who know the local marketplaceIt is results season – that time of year when firms scramble to put a positive spin, no matter what, on the firm’s performance for the year.

And the latest set of financial results recently unveiled by law firms in the Midlands will have made encouraging reading, with profits at many regional firms picking up after a number of fallow years.