David Perry K.C., Katherine Hardcastle and Leila Gaafar were instructed to represent Entain plc in relation to a £615 million deferred prosecution agreement reached with the Crown Prosecution Service.
The agreement was finally approved on 5 December 2023 by the President of the King’s Bench Division, Dame Victoria Sharp DBE. It is the first ever deferred prosecution agreement to be reached between a company and the Crown Prosecution Service, and relates to a long-running investigation conducted by HM Revenue & Customs.
News coverage:
Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/c87869cb-e029-4d54-9451-1a8f3d5947a4
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67629280
Links to the summary of the President’s written judgment, and other published DPA material, can be found here.
