Solicitor ‘flew to Malta to tip off client about laundering probe’

An elderly solicitor flew to Malta to tell his client that he was being investigated for money laundering, a court heard. William Osmond, 69, founder of London firm Osmond and Osmond solicitors, allegedly ‘tipped off’ James Ramsay about the Serious Fraud Office probe. Osmond, 69, who works in company law, qualified in law in 1979 before founding Osmond and Osmond, with his father in 2002. The lawyer allegedly delayed answering questions to the SFO and then provided a forged document,…