Compliance
Malaysia to probe record-breaking Battersea Power Station deal
Leader of governing coalition vows to look into billions of dollars of investments made by previous administration, including the giant south west London regen project...
Is compliance strangling commerce?
After a tortuous experience trying to do business with the private wealth department of a well-known clearing bank, agency boss Trevor Abrahmsohn has had it up to here with suffocating regulatory restrictions...
Know Your Client! What the recent Court of Appeal ruling on property fraud means for estate agents
The decision in P&P Property Limited –v- (1) Owen White & Catlin LLP (2) Crownvent Limited t/a Winkworth came as something of a relief for agents (and a disappointment for solicitors and their insurers), bu…
What is the Tier 1 UK visa Roman Abramovich has been trying to renew and why the delay?
Immigration law expert Jo Wilding explains the procedure involved in renewing the specialist visa for HNWI making a 'substantial financial investment' to the UK, and addresses recent speculation over …
Why Russia’s ‘dirty money’ is not leaving London any time soon
What is missing in the Moscow’s Gold report is a broader understanding of why Russian (and non-Russian money for that matter) flows into London and the UK in the first place...
MPs call for more sanctions against Russian oligarchs to ‘close the London laundromat’
Report accuses Britain of still 'turning a blind eye' to 'dirty money' from Putin's network
RICS moots an ‘honesty pledge’ for property professionals against corruption
Surveying body looks to clean up the property and construction sector, stamping out professional bribery and corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing
Tenant Fees Bill starts its journey through Parliament
The Bill will come into law next year
BVI must publish beneficial owners’ register, decrees Britain
UK Government to force the British Virgin Islands and other overseas territories to reveal the ultimate owners of companies
BBC exposes Ukrainian gangsters using PCL properties to launder ‘dirty money’
Panorama flags eight resi property deals in Knightsbridge, Kensington, Marylebone & Battersea with alleged links to 'dirty money' & Ukrainian gangsters
High-end homebuyers at risk from rogue agents in Prime London, says acquisition expert
Nathalie Hirst illustrates the value of having a specialist in your corner with horror stories of bribes and blights...
New CGT rules ‘could create a cashflow & compliance nightmare’ for property owners
HMRC proposes a 30-day payment window for Capital Gains Tax payments, and more admin