Penalty clauses: liquidated damages | Practical Law

Penalty clauses: liquidated damages | Practical Law

The Court of Appeal has held that clauses, which were triggered by breach of a restrictive covenant that cancelled the buyer's obligation to pay remaining instalments of the sale price and gave the buyer the option to buy the seller's shares in the business, were unenforceable as penalty clauses.

Penalty clauses: liquidated damages

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Penalty clauses: liquidated damages

by Baker & McKenzie LLP
Published on 30 Jan 2014United Kingdom
The Court of Appeal has held that clauses, which were triggered by breach of a restrictive covenant that cancelled the buyer's obligation to pay remaining instalments of the sale price and gave the buyer the option to buy the seller's shares in the business, were unenforceable as penalty clauses.