October 19, 2026
The October edition of FOCUS examines the operation of Deferred Prosecution Agreements more than a decade after their introduction- drawing on a recent breakfast hosted by Red Lion Chambers’ Business Crime and Fraud team.
Chaired by Cameron Brown KC, the discussion featured contributions from Matthew Wagstaff (Director of Legal Services at the Serious Fraud Office (UK) Emily Agnoli (Partner at Simmons & Simmons) and Dame Victoria Sharp, President of the King’s Bench Division.
The discussion explored:
• whether the incentives underpinning the DPA regime are proving effective
• the challenges facing corporates considering self-reporting
• the relationship between corporate resolutions and individual prosecutions
• how recent changes to corporate criminal liability could reshape the DPA landscape
Read the latest edition of FOCUS here
RLC barristers have appeared in nine of the fourteen DPAs to come before the courts.
Cameron Brown KC has acted in two of the largest, including the landmark £615m Entain settlement (the CPS’s first ever DPA) and the £103m Amec Foster Wheeler DPA
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