The Ombudsman’s Corner: an introduction to LeO

I am delighted to be writing the first of what will be a monthly column in which I talk about complaints, complaints handling, what we are seeing at the Legal Ombudsman, the way that we work, and how we approach matters that are referred to us. The Legal Ombudsman receive around 7,000 complaints every year […]

Foreign buyer market activity hits all-time low

foreign buyers

New research has revealed that the proportion of market activity accounted for by foreign buyers has been in slow decline since 2018, with non-British applicants accounting for just 36% of all anti-money laundering (AML) checks carried out in 2021. What’s more, the research – conducted by Credas Technologies – shows that so far in 2022 […]