UK SOLICITOR GENERAL EYES DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS FOR BRITAIN
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UK'S solicitor general Edward Garnier has suggested Britain adopts the system of deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) for major corporate financial crime, which has shown its worth in the USA. Garnier has highlighted concerns an inability to strike plea bargains in UK was leading major companies to switch jurisdictions and confess crimes in the USA. Once a plea bargain is struck in America, a crime cannot be prosecuted in Britain through double jeopardy rules. But DPAs could ensure plea bargain fines are paid in the UK and other ...
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