UK DPAs – what future?

Neil Williams (+44 (0)203 910 4566, neil.williams@rahmanravelli.co.uk) is legal director at Rahman Ravelli.

Sometimes the best ideas just don’t turn out to be asgood in practice as they were on paper or in the heads of those who devised them. And, so far, says Neil Williams of Rahman Ravelli, 2019 seems to be the year in which UK deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) have joined the list of innovations that haven’t really lived up to their promise.