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CA clears law firm of £185,000 mortgage fraud liability after being duped by bogus practice
Thursday, 13 December 2012The Court of Appeal has reversed a ruling that held a solicitors’ firm caught up in a mortgage fraud liable for the loss after being tricked by a bogus practice. The High Court had ruled that Davisons Solicitors in Birmingham had to repay £184,500 to the Nationwide Building Society.
Tags: conveyancing, mortgage fraud
Posted in Competence, Latest news
Conveyancers far more worried by lender panels than ABSs, survey finds
Tuesday, 18 September 2012Lenders’ panel selection decisions, rather than alternative business structures (ABSs), are the main cloud hanging over the conveyancing industry, according to new research. Only a fifth are planning or considering becoming an ABS.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, mortgage fraud
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Law Society calls on Cable to broker long-term peace agreement with lenders
Wednesday, 12 September 2012The Law Society has called on the government to lead a “mediated dialogue” with mortgage lenders to deliver “an amicable long-term solution” to the ongoing arguments over conveyancing panels. It has asked business secretary Vince Cable to intervene.
Tags: conveyancing, Council of, Financial Services Authority, Law Society, licensed conveyancers, mortgage fraud, separate representation
Posted in Latest news
Mortgage fraud inquiry delays SRA’s draft conveyancing strategy further
Tuesday, 11 September 2012The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to review efforts to combat mortgage fraud, a move that will push back final approval of its draft conveyancing strategy to 2014 – more than two years later than first planned.
Tags: conveyancing, mortgage fraud, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
Report: indemnity insurance market softening this year but underwriters wary of non-lawyer owners
Friday, 17 August 2012There are signs of a softer professional indemnity insurance market for some law firms this year, but underwriters are looking to handle alternative business structures with care, a new report has claimed.
Tags: ARP, assigned risks pool, conveyancing, mortgage fraud, professional indemnity insurance, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Indemnity insurance, Latest news
SRA under fire for “failing to act” on bogus law firm warning
Friday, 11 May 2012A Birmingham law firm is considering action against the Solicitors Regulation Authority for failures which it claims led to it being tricked by a bogus practice as part of a mortgage fraud and now facing a court order to repay £184,500 to the lender.
Tags: fraud, mortgage fraud, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
Appeal court frees solicitor after quashing convictions for fraud and money laundering
Thursday, 15 March 2012The Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the conviction of a solicitor jailed for fraud and money laundering in £650,000 worth of property transactions. However, a conviction for perverting the course of justice – for selling a Lamborghini that was subject to a freezing order – was unaffected.
Tags: fraud, money laundering, mortgage fraud, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
Struck-off lawyer jailed for £8m mortgage fraud
Friday, 24 February 2012A former registered foreign lawyer at the helm of a criminal gang that defrauded high street banks out of almost £8m by taking out mortgages on properties they did not own was jailed for seven years last week.
Tags: mortgage fraud, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
News round-up: barrister jailed for chambers theft, another mySRA extension, and much more
Monday, 13 February 2012Our latest news round-up reports on a barrister jailed after stealing £72,500 from his chambers, more problems with the SRA’s online PC renewal system, surveys on fixed fees and compliance, and the appeal court upholding a ruling against a firm innocently caught up in mortgage fraud.
Tags: Barristers, compliance, fixed fees, fraud, mortgage fraud, practising certificate, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Competence, Indemnity insurance, Latest news, News In Brief, Solicitors
Lloyds calls for lenders to introduce collective vetting of law firms
Friday, 9 December 2011Mortgage lenders need to agree a system that allows them collectively to vet law firms that want to be on conveyancing panels, the head of mortgage fraud at Lloyds Banking Group said yesterday.
Tags: conveyancing, conveyancing quality scheme, CQS, mortgage fraud
Posted in News, Solicitors