Tears after lawyer delivers financial certificates (6)
I believe the answer is:
scrips
'financial certificates' is the definition.
'scrips' can be an answer for 'certificates' (scrip is a kind of certificate). I am not certain of the 'financial' bit.
'tears after lawyer' is the wordplay.
'tears' becomes 'rips' (ripping is a kind of tearing).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lawyer' becomes 'sc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rips' put after 'sc' is 'SCRIPS'.
'delivers' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scrips that I've seen before include "Provisional share certificates" , "Provisional certificates entitling holder to dividends" .)