Lawyer Checker

KEEP THE FRAUDSTERS
IN CHECK WITH
LAWYER CHECKER
You might think you know a firm, but do you really?
Even legitimate conveyancers can be the victims of identity fraud
and have their details used to perpetrate crime.
Safeguard your clients’ money and your reputation
BEFORE YOU
SEND MONEY TO
THE OTHER SIDE
WHAT CHECKS
DO YOU MAKE?
For you we check:
• Client account numbers
• Over 10 data sources
Register today at www.lawyerchecker.co.uk
"We use Lawyer Checker on our cases because of the real threat of fraud
to all conveyancers associated with sending client money to the vendor's
conveyancer. Criminals are out there trying to defraud law firms’ client’s
accounts and we treat this risk seriously for our clients.”
DAREN CHURCHILL, HEAD OF VOLUME CONVEYANCING
Grindeys Solicitors LLP
Why take the risk? With Lawyer Checker we help you make sure that
the other side is genuine.
Lawyer Checker must be part of your shield against fraudsters.
For more information please contact Lawyer Checker:
Tel:
Email:
0845 835 4666
[email protected]
www.lawyerchecker.co.uk
Nationwide Building Society v Davisons shows that even
legitimate companies can have fraudsters copy their brand to
commit fraud. It is increasingly easy for fraudsters to hide
behind a legitimate front or pretend to be someone they are
not to steal your clients’ money.
WHY LAWYER
CHECKER?
With lenders tightening panels,
there has been a shift from
purchaser conveyancer fraud to
vendor conveyancer fraud. This
is a growing problem that, with
increased litigation, is costing the
profession in negligence claims.
WHAT DOES
IT DO?
Lawyer Checker is an online service that
allows the purchase conveyancer to gather
information on the vendor conveyancer,
to enable the firm to assess the risk
associated with the transaction. The
system allows users to input firm and
account details of the vendor conveyancer.
Lawyer Checker Account Screen
Lawyer Checker Account & Entity Screen
• Immediate response
• Checks client account details against
historical database of previous transactions
• Identifies the frequency of use of that
account number
• Recommends additional manual searches
for your team to complete if the Account
Screen result highlights concerns
• Safeguards against genuine human error.
• Enhanced due diligence
• Immediate response, plus further research
conducted by our team into firm within
four working hours where the account is
not frequently recognised
• Comprehensive database checks to verify
entity including:
- Checks on roll of solicitors/conveyancers
- Companies House information
- ICO Data Protection Register
- Land Registry Transfers of Value list
- FSA Registers
- Sort code look-up
- Google street views
• Safeguards against genuine human error.
£5 plus VAT
(as a disbursement)
Purchase conveyancers
who release mortgage
funds to fraudsters may
find themselves in breach
of trust.
£10 plus VAT
(as a disbursement)
Recent cases in the area put the spotlight on purchase
conveyancers and highlight the insufficient checks that
are being done to verify the other side.
Information provided by Lawyer Checker should be used in conjunction with
other information on file to consider whether it is appropriate to transfer
money to that company and its account.
Due diligence requires you to check the firm you are sending
monies to. Checking the roll of solicitors is no longer enough.
“Even though we were vindicated and won our case at the Court of Appeal we
still feel that it was something of a hollow victory. The distraction of the case,
the refusal of the Nationwide to allow us to act for them whilst this was
ongoing, and the doubling of our P.I. insurance premium could have had
devastating results had we not been tightly managed. We did everything we
were supposed to do but got caught up in a nightmare situation. For these
reasons we use Lawyer Checker and suggest you do too.”
How can Lawyer Checker help you?
Lawyer Checker has been designed to protect your clients’
money, regardless of whether they are the borrower or the
lender. It has been developed and introduced to reduce
uncertainty in identifying the legitimacy of the vendor
conveyancer.
GARY DAVISON, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Davisons Solicitors