Can an employee report events to the police that they agreed to keep confidential in a settlement agreement?
Hina Belitz
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Hina Belitz
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As a general principle, a civil settlement may not, in most circumstances, compromise the reporting or investigation of a criminal matter. That is not to say that such a settlement could not expressly or impliedly purport to do so, but any such agreement will usually be void, and potentially result in charges against all parties for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
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