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Second only in size in the UK to the 2020 global Airbus SE corruption settlement, Entain has acknowledged the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery as part of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA). It accepts the alleged shortcomings arising from previous GVC Holdings management missteps. Under the DPA announced on 5 December 2023, the package includes Entain’s agreement to cover HMRC and CPS investigation costs of £10m and to make a £20m charitable payment. Entain is also required to cooperate fully and in good faith with the CPS on any and all matters linked to the conduct at the centre of the underlying allegations, and to take all reasonable steps to implement revisions to its ethics and compliance programme where required. This article outlines the UK’s DPA framework and sets out practical learning points for companies facing third-party risk, with a particular focus on those operating in the betting and gaming sector. Significance of the DPA A DPA is a discretionary mechanism available in the UK to...

In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Injunctions Litigation Applications—specific Evidence and disclosure Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Appointments The Law Society of England and Wales has confirmed Mark Evans as its 181st president, with Brett Dixon appointed vice president and Dana Denis-Smith taking the role of deputy vice president. Evans, a Welsh solicitor bringing 28 years’ expertise in property and private law and currently lecturing at the University of Law, has held senior positions within regional and national law societies since 2010. For further information, see: LNB News 09/10/2025 35—Law Society appoints Mark Evans as 181st president. Hague Conference on Private International Law The HCCH has moved forward its Good Practices document concerning the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions. This follows the second meeting of its Working Group...

PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—21 November 2024 In this issue: Pre-action Case management Other PI and Clinical negligence news Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk® PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community LexisNexis® Webinars Useful information Pre-action CJC completes comprehensive review of pre-action protocols with two-phase report The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has finalised its extensive appraisal of pre-action protocols (PAPs), issuing a two-phase report. The first instalment, in August 2023, analysed PAPs’ role within civil justice and considered the scope for digitising pre-action activity. The second phase, released in November 2024, proposes major updates to PAPs covering personal injury, clinical disputes, disease and illness claims, and package travel claims. Headline proposals include clearer structure and navigation, standardised sections across protocols, refreshed ADR guidance to reflect the Churchill decision, and bolstered disclosure obligations. The CJC also highlights the need for explicit objectives, stronger dialogue between parties, and proper consideration of vulnerability. It further recommends...

Practice Note This Practice Note consists of two strands created to help dispute resolution practitioners remain up to date with developments in case law that affect their field, or which influence civil litigation procedure more generally: selected forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court are highlighted below; see Key forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court—2022 summaries of significant appeal decisions in England and Wales (ie rulings of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and, where appropriate, certain judgments of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Court of Justice of the European Union), and ECtHR, which we have covered; see: Key forthcoming appeal cases—2022 You can navigate this content using the table of contents in the left-hand margin. Alternatively, search this tracker using [CTRL]+[F]. This material is not intended to be a comprehensive register of every appeal or major decision relevant to dispute resolution practitioners. Key forthcoming appeals to the Supreme Court—2022 Tort and negligence ...

Court of Appeal—professional negligence ARCHIVED : This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The Court of Appeal upheld an appeal in a claim against solicitors, holding that the loss of a chance head of damage was too remote. At first instance, the judge concluded that Lewis Silkin LLP had fallen below the required standard by not advising their client to include a jurisdiction provision in his employment agreement with a franchisee involved in the Indian Premier League’s Twenty20 competition. Because no jurisdiction clause appeared in the contract, when the client later issued proceedings against the franchisee over a severance entitlement, he faced jurisdictional challenges (ultimately dismissed) brought by the franchisee, which postponed his obtaining judgment for £10 million in severance. The client’s case was that, with proper advice on jurisdiction, the contract would have contained an exclusive jurisdiction clause. On that footing, he said, he would have secured judgment for the severance sum sooner (as there would have been no hold‑ups arising from jurisdiction objections) and...

Overview of consultation process The flowchart below sets out a straightforward overview of the matters to weigh up when deciding whether consultation is required and, if so, the sequence of steps to follow. It is not a replacement for the fuller guidance that appears below, which should be consulted at every stage. When do the consultation requirements apply? The landlord must consult with tenants before any of the following occur: carrying out qualifying works that will mean the contribution of any tenant towards those works exceeds £250, or entering into a qualifying long-term agreement where the costs will result in the contribution of any tenant being more than £100 within any 12-month accounting period This process is often informally called 's 20 consultation', a shorthand derived from sections 20–20ZA of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (LTA 1985). Its purpose is to ensure that, where a landlord plans to undertake either qualifying works or to enter into a qualifying...