Ex and belongings

[Overwhelmed245]

I was with my ex for 4 years in that time he left a few bits in our family Barn we broke up over a year ago badly he’s been told not to come near me etc by police but can email me etc about important issues. Have only just got around to selling the house it involved lots of solicitors and nearly went to court as he was un contactable we had no address for him or anything. I need to get rid of his items but I want to give him a letter or email stating he has ex amount of days to get them before they are sold or removed. Is there a legal way to do this. I can’t send a letter as I have no address for him but would an email work I don’t want to get in trouble for selling his items there worth about 3 grand in total maybe more now.

Maybe post this in 'legal', OP?
You can ask MN to move it by 'reporting' it yourself.
Hope you get the advice you seek!

Thanks how do I get it moved to legal

Could you not ask your solicitor and maybe send a letter through them to his?

They dont have an address for him letters where sent to his work last time but he’s since left and also told police he didn’t want to be contacted at work by the solicitors so police Told me not too it also costs money that I don’t have I’ve spent so much already I can’t afford another letter with out borrowing money or putting it on my credit card

You need to report your own OP and ask MNHQ in the report message to move the thread to legal. This is a complicated issue and sadly common sense non-legally qualified answers are likely to mislead you.

In order to avoid any legal consequences, you need to follow the process laid down in the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977.

Your first step is to send him a written notice requiring him to collect his belongings. The notice must include your name and address, details of his property (i.e. you need to itemise it, not just describe it as "your belongings"), the address where his property is held, state that his property is ready for him to collect and a date by which he must collect his belongings. You should state that, if he does not collect by the deadline, you will sell his belongings.

If you do end up selling them, you must pay him the proceeds of the sale less any costs of sale.

But she's just told us she doesn't have an address! That's the whole point!

Yes I don’t have an address neither does any of his family I’m also only allowed to email or write him letters was as he’s band from contacting me in any other form

@Overwhelmed245

Yes I don’t have an address neither does any of his family I’m also only allowed to email or write him letters was as he’s band from contacting me in any other form

So you send it to him by email. Make it clear the notice you are sending is under the Act mentioned.

Perfect will send it by email I thought that there would of been an act of some sort but couldn’t find anything thanks

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/32

Look at s12.