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I’m Dreaming of a White (Collar) Christmas: 2019 in Review

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The year 2019 has been something of a mixed bag for the UK’s criminal and regulatory authorities. While the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) and Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) appear to have taken involuntary sabbaticals...more

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Did Tesco Act Too Hastily in Entering Into DPA Negotiations? (Serious Fraud Office v Tesco Stores Ltd)

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What is the background to this DPA and why is it only now being published? On 29 October 2014, the SFO opened an investigation into Tesco Stores Ltd in relation to a suspected offence of false accounting, contrary to...more

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The House of Lords’ Report on the Bribery Act 2010: A Glimpse Into the Future of Economic Crime?

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On 14 March 2019, the Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 published its Report in which it makes a number of conclusions and recommendations. The Committee was given the task not only of conducting post-legislative...more

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Less ‘boondoggle’, more ‘fair, reasonable and proportionate’: the use of corporate monitors in UK Deferred Prosecution Agreements

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A common feature of corporate criminal disposal in the US for several decades, the use of corporate monitors in the UK in the same period has been, at best, sporadic. This was expected to change with the introduction of...more

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Changes to Corporate Criminality Offences in the UK Cause Corporate Dealmakers to Review Acquisitions

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Proposed changes to corporate criminal offending should cause corporate dealmakers to review the scope of acquisition diligence, particularly in light of the UK Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO’s) increasing use of deferred...more

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Tesco: The Serious Fraud Office secures its fourth Deferred Prosecution Agreement

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On 10 April 2017, the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) with Tesco Stores Limited (“Tesco Limited”), as part of which Tesco Limited will pay a £129 million financial penalty...more

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Blog: Tesco announces Deferred Prosecution Agreement

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It was announced last week that Tesco PLC’s subsidiary, Tesco Stores Ltd, has finalised the terms of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the SFO (subject to court ratification on 10 April 2017). The DPA concludes the...more

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Firsts for UK SFO with in principle false accounting DPA, and for FCA with market abuse compensation, against Tesco

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Following a two-year investigation, Tesco PLC has announced that its subsidiary Tesco Stores Limited (Tesco Ltd) had agreed in principle the terms of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the UK Serious Fraud Office...more

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An Eerie Silence

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There’s an eerie silence in the world of fraud prosecutions in the UK. A Libor trial is about to start, a FCA land banking prosecution is on trial at Southwark, but with reporting restrictions, and a couple of weeks ago David...more

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