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legal advice needed please?
Hi, Please only answer this if you have legal knowledge. I rent a Unit in Inshops, i signed a contract with start date 9th June but the management did not have this unit ready for us to begin trading on this date, our center manager is never about so i called the area mnager who was not helpfull so i sent an email to the managing director of the entire company. Our immediate problems were sorted fast but the peoples heads who we went over warned we have made a rod for our own backs and they would make life difficult. Then This morning at 7am I began to remove my DVDs from my unit as we have decided to take these to Market because we have not been selling much the past 2 weeks. We have decided that we will be concentrating just on just the cards gifts and toys, we planned on returning in the afternoon to paint and put new shelves up. However when i arrived home at around 8:30 i received a phone call from another trader asking what is going on? why their are a million people shouting and going mad and putting letters up on my unit. At 2pm I returned to my unit and removed one of the letters dated today it was a possession notice. I went to find the manager but she was nowhere about so i came home in shock....my rent is paid up until Saturday, next weeks rent is not due to be paid in advance until tomorrow. I am not in any rent arrears and do not know why we have been closed down. a shop who disappeared 2 weeks ago and nobody has seen or heard from them since have a shop full of clothes, no locks have been changed, no possession order given! is this legal what they have done? I don't understand....I have had no contact from the management at all I live in the UK.
2 months ago - 5 answers
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The company you rent your unit off should not do this they are breaking the law so my advice is to go to citizens advice who will put you in the right direction to sort this problem out. Good luck I hope you get some sort of compensation as you are due some.
2 months ago
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The unit may not have been ready on time but from what you say about removing your DVDs you did get and take possession at some point. Where you stand depends on the terms of the contract with Inshops. That will determine whether or not the “possession order” is legally valid or not. You need to sit down with someone who can read and interpret the documents for you.
by waldo_mcginty- 2 months ago
Bottom line: you signed a contract 6-9-08; they've made verbal threats against you; now they are attempting to take possesion of your unit without legal prior notice; Call a local news station and tell them your problem and see what angle they can take. Most times if you approach this way and expose them, they will come forward and make things right. We have what's called 12News On Your Side which the team goes out to complaints such as this and any other and investigates and 98% of the time, public exposure will force the miscreants to fix their wrong. If you sit back and go to a business attorney, that's just giving those idiots fuel for their fire. Put out the fire, call a news station and tell them what's going on. You need to psyche them out, not allow them to roll all over you!
by bpgagirl22- 2 months ago
Waldo's response is right on since it appears that you do not understand the written contract at the outset. You need to read all the fine print in the contract and act accordingly. Good luck!
by vicseo- 2 months ago
Send this info to the head honcho you contacted before, you can hardly make it worse. Might be worth asking around amongst the other traders if they have had problems also. EDIT, I used to have a unit in a similar set up, lots of problems there, back handers for the best pitches, etc, after I left I heard that the on-site manager was defrauding the company.
by TREVOR L- 2 months ago