Caroline Thorpe pores over the top 30 UK firms' LLP accounts covering the past two financial years and assesses their performance during the ongoing financial storms

Just as the icy blast of winter has so far refused to give way to spring, so too UK business continues to feel the chill of years of turbulence in the global markets.

As we teeter on the edge of a triple dip recession, tales of sluggish growth, static pay and austerity blues can seem hard to escape. Yet a first glance at accounts from the UK's leading law firms tells a different tale.