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  6. Rule B6

Rule B6: Accounts, Accounts Certificates, Professional Practice & Guarantee Fund

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  • B6: Accounts, Accounts Certificates, Professional Practice & Guarantee Fund

    Subject to the provisions of rule 6.6 every practice unit shall – (a) ensure that at all times the sum at the credit of the client account, or where there are more such accounts than one, the total of the sums at the credit of those accounts, shall not be less than the total of the clients’ money held by the practice unit;

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  • B6: Accounts, Accounts Certificates, Professional Practice & Guarantee Fund

    Do I have to keep all my client funds in the client bank account? Yes. You must always have sufficient funds in the client bank account to cover all of the client credit balances.

Advice and Information
  • B6: The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and civil litigation

    This note looks at the case of Bowman v Fels decided by the Court of Appeal in England on 8 March 2005 [2005] EWCA Civ 226. This case overturns the decision of the High Court in P v P decided in 2003.

  • Identifying Mortgage Fraud

    The recent slow down in the UK property market has exposed a rise in mortgage fraud by organised criminals and the potential vulnerability of professionals to be exploited by organised crime syndicates.

  • Advice & Information – Accounts Rules Amendments From 4 January 2023

    Advice & Information on revisions to Rule B6 (Accounts, Accounts Certificate, Professional Practice and Guarantee Fund) effective from 4 January 2023

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  • B6: Accounts, Accounts Certificates, Professional Practice and Guarantee Fund

    There are three Accounts Certificate forms

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