Alerts
Warning: A website is claiming to be a law firm called 'Richard White & Associates LLP'
12 June 2022
The website at 'www.rw-lawoffices.com' is operating claiming to be a law firm called 'Richard White & Associates LLP'.
What is the scam?
The website at 'www.rw-lawoffices.com' is operating claiming to be a law firm called 'Richard White & Associates LLP'.
The website seen by the SRA has copied and misused the names and photographs of genuine solicitors employed at a genuine firm of solicitors (see below).
The website also misuses the SRA identification number of another firm of solicitors (see below).
The website provides a postal address in Glasgow. Telephone numbers of '+(44) 7897015737, +(44) 7897039887 and an email address of 'infos@rw-lawoffices.com'.
The website displays the SRA digital badge. The SRA does not authorise or regulate a firm of solicitors called 'Richard White & Associates LLP'.
Any business or transaction through Website for 'Richard White & Associates LLP', or the above website, telephone numbers and email address is not undertaken by a firm or individual authorised and regulated by the SRA.
Is there a genuine firm or person?
The SRA authorises and regulates a genuine firm called Emerging Law Limited (trading as EM Law) based in London. The genuine telephone number is 02036376374 and the email domain used by the firm is @emlaw.co.uk. The SRA ID number for the firm is 597075. The website is at https://emlaw.co.uk.
Emerging Law Limited employs solicitors called Anna Rabin, Neil Williamson and Gerard Dempsey whose names and/or photographs have been misused on the website referred to in the above alert.
The SRA authorises and regulates a genuine firm called 360 Law Services Limited based in Camberley. The telephone contact number is 03337727736 and the email domain used by the firm is @360lawservices.com. The SRA ID number for the firm is 638684. The website is at www.360lawservices.com.
The genuine firms Emerging Law Limited and 360 Law Services Limited have confirmed that the firm do not have any connection to the website referred to in the above alert.
What should I do?
When a firm's or individual's identity has been copied exactly (or cloned), due diligence is necessary. If you receive correspondence claiming to be from the above firm(s) or individual(s), or information of a similar nature to that described, you should conduct your own due diligence by checking the authenticity of the correspondence by contacting the law firm directly by reliable and established means. You can contact the SRA to find out if individuals or firms are regulated and authorised by the SRA and verify an individual's or firm's practising details. Other verification methods, such as checking public records (e.g. telephone directories and company records) may be required in other circumstances.