Controls on solicitors

Controls on solicitors - 1992 - Times 7 August 1992, 2 Financial Times 8 August 1992, 4 Daily Telegraph 12 August 1992, 21(2) .

Abbey National, aiming to reduce mortgage fraud, will require solicitors to agree to the bank visiting solicitors` offices, inspecting files and where necessary removing deeds and titles as well as charging a fee for such monitoring if work is found to be below standard.


ABBEY NATIONAL
BUILDING SOCIETIES
MORTGAGE FRAUD
SOLICITORS