Removing someone's personal possessions from Private Property - is it legal?

[shuzzbatt]

We're a registered charity (a horse sanctuary) and we have asked someone to leave our property, which is a rural small-holding - this person came to help out in the sanctuary and proceeded to camp out on our land. This progressed to them storing their possessions in some of our outbuildings (all without permission).. they have recently become verbally abusive towards our manager, who is very often there on her own, is really worried about what they may do next.
We have written to this person, giving them notice to remove themselves, and their possessions - today they had removed a certain amount of their things but a lot is still there. They also left a note saying that they were going to see their solicitor in order to decide what 'further action to take', which is a little confusing, given that they had removed a proportion of their possessions..!

My question is.. is it legal for us to write to them again, giving them another deadline in which to remove their things from our property, and include a line stating that 'should the items not be removed by such deadline, then the items will be removed and placed elsewhere, for their collection' (i.e. off our property)..?

I have tried to search for articles etc. online but am drawing a blank - maybe I'm just not using the right search words, but I can't find relevant items and I would be very grateful for some advice and/or guidance - thank you in advance

[apollosama]

its your property and I think its only appropriate to remove things which you deemed unworthy of your sight. You can just give him a notice that you will transfer his belonging somewhere else and ask for a reply mail. If he wont reply stipulate that you have obligations to his property if it is damaged. Get a lawyer to do this for you...

[FindLaw_Maya]

Hi shuzzbatt,

Apollosama is right, getting a lawyer to advise is the best course of action. An official letter written from a solicitor may force your unwanted tenant to think twice about ignoring it. If they continue to ignore you, the solicitor will be able to advise on court proceedings.

If you need help finding the right solicitor near you, try speaking to Contact Law.

Good luck,
-FindLaw Moderation Team