Judgment handed down in Parkingeye Limited v Barry Beavis [2015] EWCA Civ 402

Court of Appeal finds a penalty can be enforced if it has a commercial purpose and is not extravagant and unconscionable.   

Henderson Chambers’ Julia Smith appeared for the intervener (the Consumers’ Association) in a landmark decision on penalties. The matter came before Moore-Bick LJ, Patten LJ and Sir Timothy Lloyd and was on appeal from a county court decision of HHJ Moloney QC.

See Elizabeth Tremayne’s Alerter here.