Cameron says money laundering via property must stop (PIE)
Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced measures designed to unmask corrupt offshore company using the UK property market to hide their ‘dirty money’.
Solicitors ‘in denial’ about threat from accountants (LSG)
Accountants will soon be competing directly with solicitor firms ‘on every high street in the country’, according to a leading financial advisor to the legal sector.
SRA chief urges caution over legal regulation reform (LSG)
The head of the Solicitors Regulation Authority has called for caution amidst demands for wholesale reform of the regulatory regime.
Firms under scrutiny over measures to prevent money laundering (LSG)
Regulators have been forced to make repeat visits to some firms over concerns about the potential for money laundering, it has emerged.