The course aims to look at the various issues involved and recent developments and case law, in particular Dreamvar v Mishcon de Reya will be heard by the Court of Appeal in early 2018.

Topics include:

• The implications of Dreamvar v Mischon de Reya
• Law Society Practice Guide on money laundering from September 2017
• Land Registry evidence of identity
• SRA Warning Card on bogus law firms
• Recent case law on mortgage fraud
• Seller’s solicitors liability to the purchaser in the light of the cases R Purrunsing v A’Court and P & P Properties v Owen White & Catlin & Anor

• Mortgage fraud and money laundering
• General guidance on cyber crime
• Conflicts of Interest
• Money Laundering Regulations 2017, the guidance on which is due by mid 2018