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Come Join Us!

Come Join Us!

Membership of Tees Valley Law Society offers opportunities whether you are a qualified solicitor or other legal professional, or you are in the early stages of training.

Members are offered discounted rates for all of our training events, which are held locally and at the end of the working day to ensure the least disruption to you, your firm and your clients. We hold regular networking and social events where members can come together informally to discuss issues within the profession, but more importantly to share ideas.

Membership of TVLS is about offering support whether formally through involvement of the Council or more informally by sharing ideas about best practice with other firms. By becoming a member of TVLS there are opportunities to become involved in the running of the Society, whether through membership of Council or Committees or in a more informal role.

The application process is quick and simple and membership is great value. Join us today.

Met Police and CML Advice on Fraud Prevention

Met Police and CML Advice on Fraud Prevention

As part of their fraud prevention strategy, the Metropolitan Police are distributing posters to businesses with information on how to avoid and report fraud attempts.

The Met Police’s Falcon Prevention team are specifically highlighting the problem of 'mandate fraud' - impersonating a known contact, such as a bank or a client, and asking you to change the sort code and account number, either for making a known payment (eg in a conveyancing transaction) or else, 'to safeguard the client account against a fraud'.

The Council for Mortgage Lenders (CML) is also becoming more active in the face of the growing threats of fraud, producing a joint declaration which sets out the instructions banks would never give over the phone and provides advice on what to do if you receive a call purporting to be from a bank.

The risks and consequences of being defrauded are growing by the day, and so all firms are strongly encouraged to download and print the posters linked-to from this article, and to distribute them as widely as possible.