[raynimmo]

yeah, that really wasnt an option as I am resident in Thailand where legal proceedings are usually settled with big brown envelopes and such.

[zeemonkee]

If the company is based in the UK you could have had a local representative to file a claim.

It may be of course that you have no legal recompense; however I'd exhaust all possibilities in that direction before sabotaging a site.

Perhaps what's needed is a "name and shame" list of deadbeat clients somewhere that developers can check before accepting work.