The collapse of the Icelandic banking sector seems to have benefited one group of people – lawyers.

Legal threats have been flying across the UK and Irish Sea since Kaupthing and Landsbanki collapsed in 2008, and a new report from the Audit Commission will only fuel the fire. . .

. . . A splinter group of Landsbanki Guernsey depositors will join protesters at the G20 meeting this week. Many expats blame government money-laundering rules for forcing them to use offshore banks. The Landsbanki Guernsey action group found only two out of 57 mainland banks would accept British expats who did not have a current UK address.  31-Mar-09.

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