And finally…lease disagreement

9-12 Bell Yard Chambers has been renting their building from the business man who admits to laundering millions of dollars.

The firm had no idea about the identity of their landlord due to a law which protects the anonymity of property holders.

Documents that were leaked have shown that the landlord is the son of a former Brazilian senator implicated in the Petrobras corruption scandal over kickbacks paid by contractors bidding for work.

He has admitted to laundering millions of dollars in bribes on behalf of his criminal father, after creating outrage when establishing plea bargains to cooperate with prosecutors.

The blunder is an embarrassing one for the barristers renowned for their work in the field of major fraud and organised crime.

Head of chambers Mukul Chawla QC said: “I had never heard of any of the individuals and had only been aware, following the purchase of the freehold of 9-12, that the purchaser was an offshore company with a property portfolio including properties in the UK. Since that time, all of our interaction with our new landlords has been conducted with their highly respectable London agents.”