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Estate agency closed as solicitors regulation body steps in
Bennett Richmond's office in Consett, County Durham, is shut after the Solicitors Regulation Authority intervened.
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Leading conveyancing firm to pay £232,500 fine over AML failings
London-based law firm Mishcon de Reya to pay penalty set by SRA after it admitted AML lapses including three property transactions.
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Luton property fraud down to ‘devastating lack of due diligence’
Lawyer Checker tells Conveyancing Association members that more needs to be done to avoid 'heart-breaking mistakes'.
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Conveyancing firm censured over poor identity checks that led to property fraud
Yorkshire firm Schofield Sweeney has admitted it failed to carry out proper checks on a prospective vendor that led to property fraud.
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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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Regulation & Law
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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