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    Abandoned items - no owner

    Is anyone aware of the law when it comes to items abandoned or left behind when a company gets liquidated?

    I live near a former railway sidings and yard which has laid untouched in any capacity for nearly a decade. There looks like there are several tons of coal there, I've established that the previous owner of the yard was liquidated and the land couldn't be sold as planning permission wouldn't be granted and it failed to sell as a yard etc.

    Is the coal fair game?


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    Quote Originally Posted by H18 SFR View Post
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    Is anyone aware of the law when it comes to items abandoned or left behind when a company gets liquidated?

    I live near a former railway sidings and yard which has laid untouched in any capacity for nearly a decade. There looks like there are several tons of coal there, I've established that the previous owner of the yard was liquidated and the land couldn't be sold as planning permission wouldn't be granted and it failed to sell as a yard etc.

    Is the coal fair game?
    Put on a high viz jacket, take a clip board, a shovel & a barrow.
    You'll probably get away with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snooky View Post
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    Put on a high viz jacket, take a clip board, a shovel & a barrow.
    You'll probably get away with it.
    Did think of that. You know what, who is really going to care, just want to fill my coal bunker a few times a year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snooky View Post
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    Put on a high viz jacket, take a clip board, a shovel & a barrow.
    You'll probably get away with it.
    He could probably even charge the council an hourly rate.
    Mon the Hibs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by H18 SFR View Post
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    Is anyone aware of the law when it comes to items abandoned or left behind when a company gets liquidated?

    I live near a former railway sidings and yard which has laid untouched in any capacity for nearly a decade. There looks like there are several tons of coal there, I've established that the previous owner of the yard was liquidated and the land couldn't be sold as planning permission wouldn't be granted and it failed to sell as a yard etc.

    Is the coal fair game?
    Someone must own the land, Shirley.

    If not, it's probably fair game.

    Mind you, I've often wondered what would happen if I took a lorryload of sand from Silverknowes beach for my lido.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod View Post
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    Someone must own the land, Shirley.

    If not, it's probably fair game.

    Mind you, I've often wondered what would happen if I took a lorryload of sand from Silverknowes beach for my lido.

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    You'd have a lido full of dug*****
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibs Class View Post
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    You'd have a lido full of dug*****


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    Quote Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod View Post
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    Someone must own the land, Shirley.

    If not, it's probably fair game.

    Mind you, I've often wondered what would happen if I took a lorryload of sand from Silverknowes beach for my lido.

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    Its such a weird situation re ownership, I contacted the company who took over the other side of the yard and they said that the land passed to the crown but they disclaimed it which means gave up their interest in it.

    If someone can use the land for 12 years they can claim it as their own but I only want the coal lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by H18 SFR View Post
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    Its such a weird situation re ownership, I contacted the company who took over the other side of the yard and they said that the land passed to the crown but they disclaimed it which means gave up their interest in it.

    If someone can use the land for 12 years they can claim it as their own but I only want the coal lol.
    store your coal there until the 12 years is up and then you can claim ownership
    There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.

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    Coal bunker full lads, we will take the blame collectively yeah?

    As the song goes, "we are the Hibees, we do what we want...".

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    In Scotland ownership would possibly have passed to the Q&LTR. I’ve no idea how long they’d keep it though.

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    So if you take coal from it for the next 12 years or so (keep records!) then you can apply for the deeds of "your" coal storage yard?????

    Seems a cunning plan to me!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Just Alf View Post
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    So if you take coal from it for the next 12 years or so (keep records!) then you can apply for the deeds of "your" coal storage yard?????

    Seems a cunning plan to me!


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    That's a load of dross!

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    Quote Originally Posted by snooky View Post
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    That's a load of dross!
    One can dream!!!

    I remember reading something similar re taking over an abandoned house.... That was down south tho

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    Quote Originally Posted by Just Alf View Post
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    One can dream!!!

    I remember reading something similar re taking over an abandoned house.... That was down south tho

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    I heard a story about a guy called Ian White who came across an empty property in Cumberland Street Lane who made some sort of claim/registration against it with the proper authorities (Land Registry???) and after 10 years or so ended up owning it where he then subsequently split the property in two and sold them off. Last year, one of the basement properties sold for £260000+,,,, not had for some!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Just Alf View Post
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    One can dream!!!

    I remember reading something similar re taking over an abandoned house.... That was down south tho

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    A whoosh maybe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales View Post
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    I heard a story about a guy called Ian White who came across an empty property in Cumberland Street Lane who made some sort of claim/registration against it with the proper authorities (Land Registry???) and after 10 years or so ended up owning it where he then subsequently split the property in two and sold them off. Last year, one of the basement properties sold for £260000+,,,, not had for some!
    Wonder if its the same Ian White who owns/owned the Cumberland bar

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    Put on a high viz jacket, take a clip board, a shovel & a barrow.
    You'll probably get away with it.
    Best answer, minus the viz and clipboard.
    Just take it man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stoneyburn hibs View Post
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    Best answer, minus the viz and clipboard.
    Just take it man.
    Coal bunker already full mate. Easy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snooky View Post
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    A whoosh maybe?
    Sigh.....



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