Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Regulation & Law
Highly-experienced solicitor struck off for £650,000 deposit breach
Charles Stevens has been found 'guilty' of misleading seller's solicitor over the whereabouts of deposit for £6.5m property transaction.
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Land Registry boss talks candidly about speeding up property sales
Each episode sees HM Land Registry’s Deputy Chief Executive talk to industry leaders across the property sector about speeding up homebuying.
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Conveyancers face disciplinary hearing as police probe ‘speedy house sales’ firm
Meena Kumari and Teena Kumari Banga are alleged to have processed house sales that left vendor clients of website substantially out of pocket.
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LATEST: Solicitors report vendor fraud as ‘key money laundering’ activity during 2020
Report to Solicitors Regulation Authority board says suspicious activity worth £200m was reported to NCA last year, much of it involving vendor fraud.
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Solicitors’ regulator closes down 16-branch conveyancing group
Group with four trading names and over 180 employees has been closed down after suspected staff dishonesty and a failure to comply with regulatory rules.
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Conveyancing fraud – cases are on the rise
Fraudsters hacked emails to seller’s solicitor and stole £340,000 proceeds of a property sale.
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