Overview

In the case of R v Dougall [2010], the first case in which an executive of a company has been prosecuted for overseas corruption and where the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) entered into a plea bargain agreement with the defendant, the Court of Appeal expressed its dissatisfaction with the extent to which the SFO sought to interfere with the sentencing of the defendant.

In particular, the court expressed disapproval of the practice of sentence determination in plea agreements, highlighting the serious nature of corruption offences and the need to tackle them strictly.

In this briefing, Allen & Overy takes a closer look at the judgment.

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