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Taylor Wimpey recommended conveyancing solicitors go bust after one is jailed for stealing £280,000

November 22, 2018 By admin

It is reported in the Liverpool Echo that solicitor Liam McEleavey, of Gabriel Solicitors, has been jailed for three years three months for stealing £280,000. A solicitor in Gabriel Solicitors, a firm of Taylor Wimpey recommended solicitors – which, needless to say, failed to alert purchasers of predatory terms in the leases – has been […]

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Taylor Wimpey recommended conveyancing solicitors go bust after one is jailed for stealing £280,000

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