Warning: “Equitable Law Firm” and “Mark Ogu”
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has received information that the a member of the public (based outside of the U.K.) has been sent a scam invoice, illegally requesting payment for reserved legal services.
The illegal invoice (as seen by the SRA), appears to relate to work conducted on an inheritance matter by “Attorney - Mark Ogu”.
The illegal invoice gives a contact address of 105 AptB Walter Road, Swansea SE1 2BG, a telephone number of +44 2030 868 737 and a fax number of +44 2080 432 337.
The SRA does not regulate or authorise a firm by the name “Equitable Law Firm”, or an individual by the name “Mark Ogu”.
Any business or transactions through the firm, “Equitable Law Firm”, an individual called “Mark Ogu”, the address 105 AptB Walter Road, Swansea SE1 2BG, a telephone number of +44 2030 868 73 or a fax number of +44 2080 432 are not undertaken by a Solicitor's practice or an individual authorised or regulated by the SRA.
Equitable Law Limited (trading as ‘Equitable Law’ and ‘www.EquitableLaw.com’) is a genuine firm which is authorised and regulated by the SRA.
The legally practising firm's genuine address is The Private Office, 24 Bemish Road, London SW15 1DG, and their genuine telephone number is +44 (0) 20 8780 3319.
The legally practising firm have confirmed that they have no connection to the scam invoice referred to above.
The contact details on the false invoice are also used on a website in the name of “Equitable Chambers”.
The SRA published a warning in relation to this website on 30 April 2015:-
http://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/scam-alerts/2015/Apr/equitable-chambers.page
