Insights: Deferred Prosecution Agreement

An “embarrassing situation”: how the FCA came unstuck at the Upper Tribunal

20 Jul 2023

The Upper Tribunal ruling in Seiler, Whitestone and Raitzin vs FCA was a significant defeat for the financial regulator. In a blog on the case, Tom Bushnell and Olivia Dwan ask whether, by too…

Ross Dixon on risks to directors and officers caught up in fraud investigations

16 Jan 2023

Business Crime partner Ross Dixon has been quoted in a Law Society Gazette feature on corporate fraud, specifically the way investigations impact company directors and officers.

Among the topics…

Ross Dixon discusses SFO’s record of success and failure in Bloomberg analysis

4 Jan 2022

Corporate and White Collar crime partner Ross Dixon has contributed to a Bloomberg article analysing the SFO’s record of success – and failure – in recent fraud and bribery matters.

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Blog: The Law Commission’s review of corporate crime: it’s not about the law

28 Sep 2021

As the Law Commission seeks views on the future of corporate criminal prosecutions, Hickman & Rose’s co-founder Ben Rose argues that politics is the main barrier to reform.

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Ross Dixon analyses DPAs in the New Law Journal

5 Jul 2021

Corporate crime partner Ross Dixon has written an article for the New Law Journal charting the evolution of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs), and analysing their effectiveness.

Ross’s…