A LAW firm has attributed a growth in profits to £5.3 million to the success of its expanding York office two years after is acquired the site.

In the year ending March 31, 2015, Lupton Fawcett Denison Till has reported a £661,685 increase in turnover to £16.2 million, and a £170,092 rise in profit.

The results are the second annual figures to posted by the firm, which has offices in Leeds and Sheffield, since it merged with York-based Denison Till in November 2013.

Bosses at firm hailed the "successful integration" of Denison Till as the best indicator from the period that its aim to become the region's "mid-market law ?rm of choice" was on track.

Since the year-end, the firm has experienced a further 19 per cent growth in its York office in the first half of 2015/16.

Lupton Fawcett Denison Till director Jonathan Cripwell, head of the York office, said: "We have a very strong reputation in York and North Yorkshire and as the economy has grown the demand for legal services has increased, and we are well positioned to both meet and service that increased demand.

"We have seen significant growth in corporate work, commercial and residential property and across all of the legal sectors that we service. The growth in the economy and the position of this firm in the market place allows us to meet that growing demand. These are the factors that we see as fuelling the growth in the firm.

"The York office has grown significantly since we merged in November 2013 with a number of senior lateral hires strengthening our teams.

"This financial year we have achieved 19 per cent growth in fee income compared with the first half of last year, and we grew the York office by 35 per cent in the first year post merger.

"We are keen to speak with good lawyers with a following who wish to be part of our continued success."

Lupton Fawcett had said one of the attractions of the merger with Denison Till was the addition of the "counter cyclical discipline" of ecclesiastical law, and this practice area has since been strengthened by two new directors and contract wins with two dioceses.

The firm described its overall rise in revenues for the 2014/15 years as lower than hoped for, and said it reflected "dif?cult trading conditions in the ?rst half of the year in particular".

Since the year-end, profits at Lupton Fawcett Denison Till are up 26 per cent compared with the same period last year.