Senior property lawyer fined for conflicts of interest in failed investment schemes
A Leeds solicitor has been fined after he acted for the buyer and seller of schemes that are now subject to a Serious Fraud Office investigation.
Richard Longton was head of commercial property at Leeds-based Metis Law when he represented property developer Gavin Woodhouse and his companies Northern Powerhouse Developments and MBI Consulting on a number of schemes that involved the acquisition and development of care homes, student properties, and hotels.
Longton resigned from Metis Law two days before allegations about Woodhous... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
