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The law on paid for sex in the UK is a mess of hypocrisies and compromises that no government wants to address. While prostitution itself is legal, almost any activity around it is criminalised.
Whilst we recognise that exploitation and organised crime does occur in this area, far more often the people involved in it are treating it as a lifestyle choice or a proper business activity that they want to run in a legitimate and beneficial manner. We think they should be able to.
Although prostitution itself is legal in England and Wales, almost all other activity relating to it is criminalised.
For example, two women who want to work together in a flat will find that the police regard them as ‘managing a brothel’. Similarly, the manager of an escort agency where all participants are willing, properly paid and treated well may be committing the serious offence of ‘controlling prostitution’ under the 2003 Sexual Offences Act.
Measures which were designed to protect people working in this area, actually make them far more unsafe, by forcing them to work on their own, out of sight and reluctant to call the police when real problems arise. There is often a lack of certainty for those working in this field – establishments which have been operating quite openly for many years, have been raided and closed, leading to prosecutions.
This sudden withdrawal of tolerance may be to do with ‘clean up’ operations (such as the 2012 Olympics in central London or the current gentrification of Soho) or, perhaps, the money which flows from confiscation of assets following a successful prosecution.
Our escort agencies specialists are part of our London based sexual freedom team. We have over four decades of experience helping clients with a wide variety of legal matters and are independently recognised by legal directories as one of the country’s leading Criminal Defence team.
With multiple specialists in this niche area of the law, we’re in a unique position to be able to provide legal advice on this area of the law. We have an in-depth knowledge of the legislation, procedure and practice relating to the sex industry and can advise you on your rights and obligations, as well as assisting you if the police start an investigation.
We’ve dealt with numerous prosecutions of those running escort agencies and massage parlours, we’ve helped landlords and opposed brothel closure orders; and we’ve dealt with restraint of assets and confiscation proceedings which go alongside prosecutions for these offences.
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