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P1490 A judgment for attorney fees issued by a Gibraltar court against an attorney, based on that court's finding that the attorney was guilty of complicity in his client's fraud, was not a penalty because the attorney was not being punished for an offense against the public but was being required to compensate parties for fees incurred in defending a lawsuit; although the Gibraltar law justifying the award is different from California's, it is not repugnant to California's public policy; the judgment was therefore enforceable in California under the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act in effect at the time.CitationJAVA v SULLIVAN (Foreign Judgment) 168 CA4 1178 [See: CCP frmr 1713 etseq; Miller v Municipal Court 22 C2 818]
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