From bribes to sex scandals, lawyer investigations scrutinised over ‘whitewash’ claims

Internal probes in the spotlight following high-profile cases as legal regulator prepares new guidance.

28 April, 2024 by Michael O’Dwyer and Suzi Ring in London

Nigel Farage, the outspoken former Brexit campaigner, prides himself on saying what others dare not. But when he labelled a law firm’s report into claims he was debanked by Coutts as a “whitewash”, he was not the first

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