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1) It is. We can go back and forth on this all day if you like but I’m sure we’ve both got better things to do. 2) Debateable. I don’t imagine the lad in question was in any question why the taxi driver was withholding the passport. If he wasn’t I doubt he would have left the cab. 3) Must...

A) Except, in the eyes of the law around theft, it is legitimate collateral. A reasonable person would assume that the ‘owner’ of the passport would be able to provide it as collateral in lieu of payment and has done so. Whether or not at the most technical level it belongs to Hm Government is a...

Nope. It’s a dispute over payment where one party has taken a legitimate item of collateral instead. An additional payment whilst questionable is reasonable given the inconvience the driver has had in needing to return to the address (or elsewhere) on his own time. What the taxi driver has done...

I agree on that point. You won’t get the police interested in any of it though.

Good luck with that. Totally civil dispute between cabbie and passport owner. I’d agree with not paying him an extra though given he’s now messed you about.