SORN car on private land

Marvel1

If you do what is suggested, i.e. move it in the middle of the road, the owner will know it's you and may get revenge.

As tempting as it is to what is suggested, not worth the risk.

GrumpyDil

Does your landlord have any sort of legal cover with his landlord insurance or do you have any. If you do I'd speak to them to see what they can do to help.

Failing that have you or your landlord spoken to a solicitor to get an a indication of the cost of going to court to get a court order to move the vehicle?

I think the only way you are going to resolve this will be to write to the registered keeper and tell them to move the car or you will take legal action which will include an order to remove the car and recover the full costs of the action.

Not ideal and my favoured option would be for the car to mysteriously disappear during the night but unfortunately not legal.

MrEmcore

Yes, this is the conclusion that we have come to. None of us have insurance cover for this type of thing and my landlord isnt going to spend his own money for court costs. I also dont know who the owner of the car is so I'm unable to contact them. This is a good idea but I have a feeling that this car has been moved point to point and that the owner is well clued up on how this works. I have thought about pouring oil underneath the car and reporting it as an environmental problem but I'm unsure if this would work? I would also love to move the car myself or damage it but at the end of the day, I have no idea what type of person owns the car and dont want my car getting damaged in retaliation.

AdrianC

Ergates wrote: »

...and your landlord is not willing to take any action to make it available...

What action can the landlord take?

unholyangel

AdrianC wrote: »

What action can the landlord take?

Presumably they mean legal action for the trespass.

AdrianC

unholyangel wrote: »

Presumably they mean legal action for the trespass.

Indeed. Minimal, slow, lots of hassle - and won't get the car shifted any time soon.

Always assuming the landlord can even find out who to take action against.

unholyangel

AdrianC wrote: »

Indeed. Minimal, slow, lots of hassle - and won't get the car shifted any time soon.

Always assuming the landlord can even find out who to take action against.

Thankfully, theres a well known government organisation that keep a database of registered keepers for every vehicle, and are willing to sell those details to anyone with "reasonable cause" who pays their £2.50 fee

AdrianC

unholyangel wrote: »

Thankfully, theres a well known government organisation that keep a database of registered keepers for every vehicle, and are willing to sell those details to anyone with "reasonable cause" who pays their £2.50 fee

Which is all very lovely right up until the moment said database comes back with "in trade", or "no known current keeper", or the person named says "Nope, sold that to a bloke in a pub in the spring"

unholyangel

AdrianC wrote: »

Which is all very lovely right up until the moment said database comes back with "in trade", or "no known current keeper", or the person named says "Nope, sold that to a bloke in a pub in the spring"

Well someone sorn'd it. Very likely that someone lives quite close to the OP - people don't tend to park cars (even ones that are sorn) any great distance from their home without some out of the ordinary circumstances. And given civil court works on the balance of probability...I can't see a judge thinking its more likely the other party sold the vehicle to some bloke in the pub they cant name and who then continued to park within such close proximity to the original owners address.

Either way, its following the route of abandoned property - taking reasonable steps to trace the owner. Could also pop a notice on the car stating what will happen to it if not removed. But complying with the necessary steps then gives the bailee the power of sale.

The landlord just doesn't have any motivation to solve the issue because its not currently an issue for him, unless the OP makes it one.

Scrapit

I foresee the landlord doing nothing and continuing to charge full rent.