Three companies providing will and trust writing services were wound up last week after an operation by Company Investigations (CI), a branch of the Insolvency Service.
The linked companies, Minster Legal Services and Legal Assistance, based in Lincolnshire, and Legal Assistance 4U, from Nottinghamshire, had been cold-calling customers offering home visits from self-employed "legal consultants". Between them, the companies had generated a sales income of £1.1m. Minster Legal Services had mis-sold products and charged different prices for the same product for no reason, CI said. The business was found to be insolvent. Minster's director had been managing the company despite having been disqualified, company funds had been put into a bank account ov...
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