Prostitution in the UK - is it lawful?

[lovingboth]

I know it's not illegal (although various related activities are) but is it lawful?

Memory is telling me it isn't: thus you can't enforce a contract based on sex in the courts, just as you can't enforce a gambling debt.

The case I remember involved a woman who agreed to part-pay for a car through having sex with the seller a number of times. When she stopped having sex with him before then, he sued to get the car back for breach of contract and lost (and if anyone has a reference for that case, I'd be grateful!)

Memory is also telling me homosexual acts aren't 'lawful' either, merely decriminalised...

Comments

[elves-uk.livejournal.com]

um, don't understand the question but I do know you can work as a "professional" from home as long as only one person works at the venue, otherwise its a bordello :) Street walking is not illegal but soliciting is, they usually get you on a public nuisance charge.