FOCUS OF THE DAY: In its highly critical response to the Ministry of Justice review of legal regulation, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said lenders were baffled by the “plethora” of regulators and lost confidence in legal professional standards during the credit crunch due to “significant solicitor fraud”. Full story - New Law Journal
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