by Yasmin Robinson | Aug 7, 2025 | News
A solicitor who failed to carry out money-laundering checks on £8.8 million has been struck off for ‘widespread and fundamental non-compliance’ with AML rules. William Joseph Harris, admitted in April 1980, operated as a sole practitioner and worked mostly in... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Jul 15, 2025 | News
An east London firm will have to pay £78,000 after failing to meet money-laundering regulations for more than six years. Huggins Lewis Foskett agreed with the Solicitors Regulation Authority that it should pay a fine of £58,000 and a further £20,000 in costs. The... 
by Yasmin Robinson | May 19, 2025 | News
An Essex firm has agreed to pay £120,000 for anti-money laundering breaches in a rare case that went as far as the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Tolhurst Fisher LLP, based in Southend, agreed the outcome with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the sanction... by Yasmin Robinson | Mar 13, 2025 | News
A US-based international firm with an office in London’s Square Mile has been fined £300,000 for historical breaches of anti-money laundering rules. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was due to face a three-day substantive hearing at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal... 
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...
