Sad story. Depressing when you put hard work into something at the request of others only to have them balk at the bill.
I wonder if reporting the episode to the police as trespass and/or robbery/larceny by threat of force would make any difference?
Too bad English law does not consider your established place of business as being equal to your home.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Doctrine
A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE - "This saying is as old as the basic concepts of English common law.," From the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins, New York, 1977, 1988).
"You are the boss in your own house and nobody can tell you what to do there. No one can enter your home without your permission. The proverb has been traced back 'Stage of Popish Toys' (1581). In 1644, English jurist Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) was quoted as saying: 'For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium' ('One's home is the safest refuge for all'). First attested in the United States in 'Will and Doom' (1692). In England, the word 'Englishman' often replaces man." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
(Coke is pronounced "Cook.")
I wonder if reporting the episode to the police as trespass and/or robbery/larceny by threat of force would make any difference?
Too bad English law does not consider your established place of business as being equal to your home.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Doctrine
A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE - "This saying is as old as the basic concepts of English common law.," From the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins, New York, 1977, 1988).
"You are the boss in your own house and nobody can tell you what to do there. No one can enter your home without your permission. The proverb has been traced back 'Stage of Popish Toys' (1581). In 1644, English jurist Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) was quoted as saying: 'For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium' ('One's home is the safest refuge for all'). First attested in the United States in 'Will and Doom' (1692). In England, the word 'Englishman' often replaces man." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
(Coke is pronounced "Cook.")
