London, March 9, 2026 — The UK High Court has refused an application by Euro Car Parks Limited seeking to prevent the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) from publishing an enforcement notice identifying the company in connection with a penalty for failing to comply with an information request.
The CMA imposed a fixed penalty of £473,000 on Euro Car Parks in December 2025 after the company failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with an information notice issued under Schedule 5 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015. The notice had been served in July 2025 as part of the CMA’s exercise of its consumer protection functions.
Euro Car Parks subsequently appealed the penalty and applied to the High Court for an interim injunction to prevent the CMA from publishing the final enforcement notice in unredacted form, arguing that publication identifying the company could expose its management and employees to threats and harassment.
In a judgment issued following a hearing on February 11, 2026, Mrs Justice Eady rejected the application, concluding that the company had not demonstrated the exceptional circumstances required to restrain publication of a regulatory decision.
The court noted that the CMA has a statutory power to publish enforcement notices and that there is a strong public interest in transparency regarding regulatory actions, including identifying the businesses involved.
The judge also found that the evidence submitted by the company, including statements from its managing director describing past harassment and threats, lacked corroboration and did not establish a credible risk that publication of the notice would lead to the alleged harms.
Accordingly, the court ruled that the company had not met the high threshold required to justify an interim order restricting publication by a public authority and dismissed the injunction application.
Euro Car Parks has separately appealed the CMA’s penalty decision to the High Court. The fine will not be payable until the appeal is resolved or withdrawn, unless the court orders otherwise.
The CMA has stated that it has not opened an investigation into whether Euro Car Parks breached consumer protection law and that no assumption should be made that the company has done so. The authority said it is reviewing the information the company has since provided to determine whether a case should be launched.
