You're within the law no matter how many people you work with - the relevant offences are to do with running or managing a brothel, not working in one (although if you were renting somewhere and your name was the one on the lease you could run into problems if 2+ of you were working).

Having your friend answer your phone doesn't make it a brothel provided she isn't working, but if you're paying her to do so she could face charges of controlling prostitution for gain. How likely this would be depends a great deal on where you are and the attitude of your local police - in the vast majority of places in the UK they have better things to do.

Since your mate doesn't do the sex work, It's not a brothel I reckon, since a brothel is when more than one prostitute works on the same premises, right? However he might be interpreted by the law as "controling prostitution for gain" if you pay him. I'm wondering if there'd be any prolem if he would (of you two would pretend he would) help you out with answering the calls etc for free.

what would happen if i had new next door neighbours move in

and they contacted the police?

ive never been a one in and one out type of escort

im very discreet

my friend is female and was going to answer fone when i cant

think i will leave my friend answering my calls
as people will mis-judge and come to a different conclusion

and i would be too on edge

thanks again xxx

I'm glad this has been asked as I was going to reply to the lady wanting someone to answer her phones as I get such little work myself, but I thought the same that it would be classed as a brothel or I'd be in trouble for booking the appointments.

Is the name of it "The Digger" by any chance?

Damn, I work IN a parlour in Glasgow. But I do not have my name on the lease and do not run anything at all, the whole operation is ran by someone else, I pay a cut to them for use of room, supplies, security etc. But I still could still end up in court? even if I'm not on the lease the other person is? eeeek.

The law's the same throughout Scotland (and slightly differently the same in England & Wales), what changes from area to area is the enforcement. And Glasgow has long been notorious for (politically driven) excessive zeal in that.

So make sure you have the number of a good lawyer on you - one who is prepared to tell them that they know the police know that in your position there is no chance of a conviction - and if you're somewhere where there are going to be elections for police commissioners (is that happening in Scotland?) make sure you end up with a sane one.

And, as ever, don't annoy the neighbours.