Brochure for the Law’s Hotel

On 30 May 1981, Philip Law moved into the Hall and obtained permission to operate it as hotel. In 1983, applications were made to build various extensions, a fish and chip shop and 16 dwellings, but these were never built. Chicago-born Law had worked in the finance office at Mildenhall Air Base up to 1977. After coming to Hockwold, he recruited two servicemen at Lakenheath in a scheme to defraud the USAF of up to $7 million. This was detected and Law sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court in 1984 to 5 years in prison.