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Minimum legal time for collection of ex-partners belongings

buges · 2019-10-28 09:30:32

Hello Im a 3rd party asking this question for a family member. A few weeks a go, my family member's partner of over 20 years walked out. The police found them safe & well half way across the country & made contact. They stated they were not returning, but will be collecting there belongings at some point. After doing a lot…

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onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,228 Forumite

29 October 2019 at 3:48PM

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

Yet the law seems to be on the side of the one who walked

The legal obligations on an involuntary bailee are quite small, and in the legislation I linked to.

The guiding principle set down in precedent is for the involuntary bailee to do what is "right and reasonable" (ref Elvin & Powell Ltd v Plummer Roddis Ltd ).

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