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  • terryw
    terryw Posts: 4,396 Forumite
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    WhiteHorse wrote: »
    I was thinking more of the court case that follows when they have burst in and taken the wrong property.

    No-one will "burst-in". Forget melodrama.

    The guy has done a bunk. Shop him if you wish or just return letters DLO.
    "If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools"
    Extract from "If" by Rudyard Kipling
  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    terryw wrote: »
    No-one will "burst-in". Forget melodrama.
    Oh they do, you know.

    I've had the pleasure of arresting them.
    "Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracy
    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
    Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.
  • terryw
    terryw Posts: 4,396 Forumite
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    WhiteHorse wrote: »
    Oh they do, you know.

    I've had the pleasure of arresting them.

    In which case the Op has hit the jackpot . Contact any solicitor for damages.
    "If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools"
    Extract from "If" by Rudyard Kipling
  • dreamypuma
    dreamypuma Posts: 1,352 Forumite
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    If a DCA burst into your house and wrongly took your goods, I don't think the fact that you put a small advertisement in an obscure local paper is going to make a blind bit of difference to the outcome of any kind settlement with the DCA.
    My farts hospitalize small children :o
  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    dreamypuma wrote: »
    If a DCA burst into your house and wrongly took your goods, I don't think the fact that you put a small advertisement in an obscure local paper is going to make a blind bit of difference to the outcome of any kind settlement with the DCA.
    By putting in a Public Notice, you have told the world. Local authorities do it all the time. Sensible people always check the Public Notices section of their local newspaper.

    It's part of the general strategy too - showing that they have failed to make reasonable enquiry before taking action.
    "Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracy
    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
    Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.
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