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‘Major implications for solicitors’: Law Society backs Mishcon in Dreamvar property fraud case

‘Major implications for solicitors’: Law Society backs Mishcon in Dreamvar property fraud case

The Law Society is considering intervening in a negligence case between Mishcon de Reya and its former client, Dreamvar, after Dreamvar was duped into buying a property from a fake owner.

A High Court judgment in December last year found Mishcon liable for negligence and ordered the firm to pay £1.08m to Dreamvar in damages.

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