Some Financial Pros And Cons Of Practicing Search Engine Optimisation Specifically For And In The Uk.
Economic pragmatism would be the main reason. If I have a dispute with a client having an office in the UK – not that t his ever happens, of course! – I can go to court in the UK and in the first instance get my case heard locally and in the second instance have the further option of sending the bailiffs round when the defaulter simply ignores any court judgment against them.
If the client is based abroad, then the chances of bringing them to book are remote and improbable if they exist at all. Being a one-man band, I don’t deal in the sort of figures that make extradition a realistic proposition, and suggestions of invasion or all-out war evaporate when I wake up. Nor, reverting to pragmatism again, is it feasible to sue them locally and, while the local public bar would no doubt be packed with eager volunteers, it’s an expensive effort sending the boys round.
So from the point of view of resorting to legal redress, sticking to UK based clients makes sense.
It can be embarrassing, though, working in the UK and trying to...