Should there be a right to banking? Mary Young and Rebecca Niblock write for The Law Society Gazette

An article written by Mary Young, Partner in our Dispute Resolution team, and Rebecca Niblock, Partner in our Criminal Litigation team, has featured in The Law Society Gazette.

Mary and Rebecca write about the obligations which banks are under to prevent money laundering, the rise in criminal litigation motivated by improper purposes, the consequences of banks' compliance departments taking a zero-risk approach, the problems of not having a bank account, and discuss whether there should be a right to banking.

The full article, published on the 14 September 2020, is available to read on The Law Society Gazette website here.