It is rare for an eviction or peaceable re-entry to be undertaken without the requirement to serve notices under The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977. Many landowners and lenders are left scratching their heads with what to do with abandoned goods or waste, now that the property is in possession.
Rest assured; we are experts in correctly serving the relevant notices. Simply relying on normal service rules is insufficient and you are faced with the prospect of not having a forwarding address for the occupants. We will make every effort to serve notices during the enforcement and failing that; we will correctly display them at the property and send them by any alternative means. In most cases, we recommend leaving the goods at the property but there are some instances where we will arrange for the goods to be held in storage. We offer a host of services as the agent of the involuntary bailee from valuation to disposal.
There are several other scenarios where we are required to deal with abandoned items, which largely arise from fly-tipping. This practice involves the illegal disposal or storage of an item in an unauthorised place.
There has been extensive media coverage on the dumping of waste and we have first-hand experience of dealing with these criminal groups, who often trespass on land whilst large quantities of waste are deposited by commercial vehicles. There are other incursions which range from abandoned vehicles in a car park to trespassers knowingly using unauthorised land to run businesses.
Our agents are on call to serve the relevant notices under the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977. Upon expiry, we return to the land with licensed waste carriers or recovery transport and remove the offending items. Where the goods are deemed to have insufficient value to cover storage and auctioneer costs; we will arrange disposal and provide you with an account of any realisation.
