Fraud pilot investigation launched into Help to Buy loans
Homes England and HMRC are exploring possible fraud within the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme.
Warning: Email misusing the name of Harrison Clark Rickerbys Limited
An email has been sent purporting to be from Harrison Clark Rickerbys Limited requesting the recipient to process an attached new order view a link.
Warning: Fraudulent individual purporting to be employed by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
An individual by the name of ‘Victoria Smith’ is purporting to be employed by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
New home buyers betrayed by government and the Financial Ombudsman Service, yet again
Things are so bad, independent surveyors have recommended the demolition of the building. It’s a shocking but not unfamiliar tale of “nightmare new builds”.
Solicitors told to brace for “radical” rise in compensation fund costs
Solicitors were yesterday warned to brace for a “radical” increase in their contributions to the SRA Compensation Fund following the interventions into Axiom Ince, Metamorph and Kingly.
Warning: Email misusing the name of Dante Benedettini
An email has been sent misusing the name of Dante Benedettini in relation to providing legal assistance to victims of online fraud.
Warning: Email misusing the name of Cheshire Estate & Legal Limited
An email has been sent misusing the name of Cheshire Estate & Legal Limited.
Warning: Website claiming to be a law firm called ‘Al-Zamil’ or ‘Alzamil Law Firm’
A website at ‘www.zamil-law.com’ is operating claiming to be a law firm called ‘Al-Zamil’ or ‘Alzamil Law Firm’.
Warning: Emails misusing the name of Joe Middleton of Lightfoots LLP
Emails have been sent misusing the name of Joe Middleton of Lightfoots LLP, allegedly providing new bank account details.
Warning: Email misusing the name of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Emails have been sent misusing the name of Andrew Welbourn and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
DLUHC introduce new shared ownership rent reforms
The government yesterday introduced a series of reforms to shared ownership rents.
Warning: Document from ‘My Lawyer’ claiming to be a law firm
A document has been sent from ‘My Lawyer’ to a member of the public claiming to be a licenced law office undertaking legal financial cases.