Profit fell to $674 million, down 22 percent from 2005.
The group saw profits fall from £24m to £17.8m on sales of £205.7m.
But those profits can fall when the claims come in.
The company recently reported that 1991 profits fell to $6.05 a share from $6.85 in 1990.
For the year, profits fall from $2.65 a share to $2.05.
In the last 23 years, he said, annual profits fell only once.
Average profits per partner fell by 34 percent to $370,000.
Profits fell from £312,000 to a £191,000 loss in six months.
Profits fell to €2.7m from €14.7m the previous year and €23.1m in 2007.
Net profit fell 32.9 percent, to $861 million, in the first half of 2001, the company reported today.