Bark & Co fraud lawyer Tim Harris discusses in Criminal Law & Justice weekly if the use of US style deferred prosecution agreements could be useful in the UK. The director of the Serious Fraud O”ce (SFO) and the Solicitor General, Edward Garnier QC, have recently made no secret of the fact that they consider the criminal justice system to be incapable of dealing with corporate prosecutions in a way that reflects commercial realities. The blunt impact of a prosecution of a company has the impact of damaging innocent parties including employees, shareholders and creditors.