Abandoned car in my parking space

Muskey

Whether they like it or not, London Borough of Barnet do have responsibility for removing the vehicle.

See https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/parking-roads-and-pavements/Roads-and-Pavements/abandoned-vehicles.html with particular attention to the bit regarding the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 which says they must remove any abandoned vehicle from private land.

Just make sure that the damage which proves it is abandoned (flat tyres/broken glass, etc) are obvious and with its low value, it should be off to the scrapyard pretty quick.

Stoke

If they aren't going to help, I would 'remove' it myself. Leave it on the road. Not your problem.

Can't expect the council to help you when it takes them 3 years to get round to fixing potholes......

Car_54

Gavin_Hansen wrote: »

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Your advice may be well-meant, but it's now over three months since the matter was raised. It is unlikely that the OP is still awaiting responses.

sevenhills

Car_54 wrote: »

Your advice may be well-meant, but it's now over three months since the matter was raised. It is unlikely that the OP is still awaiting responses.

It would be good to know the result.

unholyangel

harz99 wrote: »

Anybody noticed the style of the new poster that restarted this thread...

Also restarted a thread (albeit only "dead" for 2 weeks but in this boards terms, got to be buried at least a few pages back) titled "who can drive on a traders insurance policy". Coincidence?

unholyangel

Also, I know the threads been resurrected but just wanted to be my usual pain in the !!! self and point out its a legal impossibility to be guilty of theft of abandoned property.

Abandoned property has no owner. Therefore you're not depriving anyone.

However the person should take reasonable steps to trace the owner (whats reasonable will depend on circumstances - ie if you find a £10 note in the street reasonable might be asking people in the near vicinity while finding a wallet with ID reasonable steps would be using the details on the ID to try contact them). But having taken reasonable steps to trace the owner/RK....CPS would then have a very difficult time trying to prove dishonesty or intent to permanently deprive.

bigadaj

Dont think you're very good at examples, finding a wallet or even cash is solved by handing it into the police, fairly simple really.

unholyangel

bigadaj wrote: »

Dont think you're very good at examples, finding a wallet or even cash is solved by handing it into the police, fairly simple really.

Quote button is there for a reason.

Why do you think its not a good example? Yes you can hand a wallet into the police. But what relevance does that have in relation to the context I was discussing regarding theft charges?