A maximum of 6 weeks coercive arrest for refusal of payment or fine.

I'm all for giving patients a fair chance to contest improper refusals of payment, but we should not lapse into calling such refusals malpractice.

UK Trade & Investment has no control over acceptance of card payments and any refusal of payment should be taken up with your card supplier.

Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich, the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay.