by Yasmin Robinson | Jul 29, 2022 | News
The government will introduce the register of overseas entities (ROE) on 1 August 2022. The ROE requires anonymous foreign owners of UK property to reveal their identities. It’s being introduced to make it more difficult for foreign criminals to launder money though...
by Yasmin Robinson | Jul 25, 2022 | News
The new register of overseas entities (ROE) created under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 comes into force next Monday (1st August). This will impact you if you are either acting for overseas entities in property transactions or if you are...
by Yasmin Robinson | Jul 21, 2022 | News
Solicitors’ leaders today published guidance on how solicitors can best deal with the risks associated with accepting undertakings given by corporate entities such as companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs), which are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation...
by Yasmin Robinson | Jul 8, 2022 | News
Solicitors are today being asked to play their part in keeping the UK safe online by helping to tackle the rise in organisations paying out to ransomware criminals. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have been told...
by Yasmin Robinson | Jul 7, 2022 | News
HM Treasury has published a new statutory instrument coming into force on 11th July 2022 which will substitute the list of high risk third countries specified in Schedule 3ZA of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer)...