Amidst a tide of new and updated legal anti-money laundering (AML) regulation, conveyancing remains very much the highest risk area. As part of this, failure to carry out Source of Funds (SoF) checks remains the
The National Crime Agency (NCA) have released updated guidance on submitting a better quality Suspicious Activity Report (SAR), making it a good time to revisit what they are and why they’re so important. A SAR
To little fanfare, the Council for Licenced Conveyancers (CLC) announced a new Source of Funds (SOF) and Source of Wealth (SOF) checklist for their members at the end of May. Despite going under the radar,
Last week the NCA published news of a mother and her two UK-based sons agreeing to hand over their London properties worth more than £1.6 million, in response to a NCA civil recovery claim that
Following on from my first blog about my experience of the home buying process from the sharp end, things have moved forward in the right direction after some shall we say interesting encounters. Let’s start
Over the next few months I’m hopeful of embarking on purchasing my first home and given I talk about the process every day I thought I’d share my own personal experiences of the journey and
After months of discussion, debate and at times confusion, Price Transparency is nearly here. I want to talk about the opportunity it could possibly create for your firm. I’ll try and stay away from the
Let’s start with a couple of facts. 1) Conveyancing is the highest risk area of law. 2) Cyber crime reports to the SRA have again risen over the last year. 3) The amount of client
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