Civil case
Official Receiver as liquidator of Carillion plc v. KPMG LLP
- Authority
- High Court of England and Wales
- Case number
- Not published
- Filed or opened
- Not published
- Organization
- KPMG LLP
- Current stage
- Settled on confidential terms in February 2023.
- Outcome
- Settled. Amount not disclosedS4.
Decisions and steps
- Confidential settlement of the GBP 1.3 billion negligence claim reportedS4
Claims this case bears on
- Supported94The Financial Reporting Council said in October 2023 that KPMG failed to gather sufficient appropriate audit evidence in its audits of Carillion's 2014 to 2016 financial statements.Regulator statement, 12 October 20233 records citedAccounting
Sources
- S4Tier C KPMG settles with Carillion liquidator over £1.3bn legal battleConstruction Enquirer. Press report. 20 February 2023.Report by Aaron Morby on the confidential settlement. The date comes from the URL and the amount was not disclosed.Link working, checked 25 October 2026