"Claire Rand" wrote in message
news:EbGdnZsxspbJRLjVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk...
> Colin Peters wrote:
>> Nigel Gray, the builder in West Sus. who has achieved a lot of
>> nationwide publicity recently through his demolishing of a non paying
>> customers porch and conservatory, has now got a website up at
>> www.roguecustomer.com
>>
>> Interestingly, he is seeking to have claims against bad debtors over
>> construction works processed through the criminal courts rather than the
>> civil courts.
>>
>> Any thought on this anyone?
>>
>>
>
> could be a good thing after all, since the plod won't enforce it anyway,
> and to push for a criminal action requires a higher standard of evidence.
>
> but it would work both ways.. e.g. a utility company overcharging but not
> being able to refund it due to 'company policy'.
>
> swings and roundabouts
Surely, to engage a builder and have him lay out his time, his skills and
his finances on your behalf, and then refuse to pay him for a job well done,
is a criminal act.
Is not obtaining goods and services by deception, and then refusing to pay
for them, a criminal act?
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