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...

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Re: I certainly hope not

[pavlos.livejournal.com]

It would have that effect if the seller no longer has the money. For example if someone gets a large sum to make porn, spends it, and then drops out. I guess it depends on how strongly the law enforces private debts.

Pavlos