by Yasmin Robinson | Feb 28, 2025 | News
An equity partner has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £10,000 costs for breaches of anti-money laundering regulations. Jonathan Richard Maurice Gerber, of Paddington, London, firm WGS Solicitors, admitted the allegations against him. The Solicitors Disciplinary... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Feb 25, 2025 | News
The regulator has issued one of its biggest anti-money laundering fines yet against a firm that failed to comply with the rules for six years. Inspectors assessed six files handled by Manchester firm Nexus Solicitors and found none which contained a compliant risk... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Feb 21, 2025 | News
A law firm has been fined more than £25,000 and one of its salaried partners £3,500 for failing to comply with anti-money laundering regulations. WGS Solicitors, based in Paddington, London, admitted the breaches and was also ordered to pay £18,000 costs in an agreed... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Feb 14, 2025 | News
Peter Kenneth Felton Gerber, a solicitor, was fined £45,000 for breaching anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found that Gerber had a “misguided” belief that his experience alone negated the need for formal... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Feb 6, 2025 | News
A long-serving solicitor who allowed a property transaction to happen with no checks on the seller has been fined more than £15,000. Timothy Gray, a solicitor for 47 years, was found to have failed to carry out due diligence on the third party account details provided...
