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linda xc  
#1 Posted : 11 October 2016 18:18:55(UTC)
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linda xc

hi folks

A construction firm, has dissapeared out of their rented offices over the weekend.  I now have a number of safety files looking for a home.  To process these will take, time, money and trouble.

Ethics. 

Do I just shred them to clear the building?

Store them and charge for the storage when someone wants them?  There is quite a few, so it would need a small garage space to file them.

Employ someone to actively sort them and contact the Client/PC and see if they want them and charge for their return?

Can I charge? 

thanks

Linda

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HSE Chris Wright  
#2 Posted : 11 October 2016 18:48:38(UTC)
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HSE Chris Wright

This is odd, Safety files should be with the client or design team if project is not complete. Can you not contact someone from the company or look at the file for clients name or project and contact them directly?

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firesafety101  
#3 Posted : 11 October 2016 19:16:02(UTC)
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firesafety101
The files may not be H&S Files but files containing H&S information. If you know who the contractor is try googling them. I think general health and sfety documents only have to be saved for a few years.
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johnmc  
#4 Posted : 11 October 2016 21:28:32(UTC)
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johnmc

I believe that the files would have been prepared for a client(s), they may be your best starting point.

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Ron Hunter  
#5 Posted : 12 October 2016 11:35:25(UTC)
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Kloppite  
#6 Posted : 12 October 2016 12:06:52(UTC)
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Kloppite
Originally Posted by: Ron Hunter Go to Quoted Post

Helpful reading at:

http://www.landlordlegalsolutions.co.uk/cms/document/Guide_to_tenants_possessions_left_at_property__LLS_.pdf

Good luck!

Having read the link's guidance I would be a bit immoral and dispose of the files, then deny ever having seen them. They would then have the burden of proof to say that they left the said files. More trouble than it's worth.

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linda xc  
#7 Posted : 13 October 2016 10:47:52(UTC)
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linda xc

Hi all

Thanks for your replies.  I've pushed the liquidator to deal with the files.  They will be removed, but the liquidator has no legal obligation to contact the client owner of the files to hand them back. They will be stored and then destroyed 18 month after the case has been closed.

Now I know!

Linda

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