XPost: uk.legal 
 From: mert1639@herald.ox.ac.uk 
  
 "Mike Ross"  wrote in message 
 news:sb9i64l6f615rl1ukkdg2mju6uuapb8k2r@4ax.com... 
 > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:07:02 +0100, "mert1639"  
 > wrote: 
 > 
 >> 
 >>"Alasdair"  wrote in message 
 >>news:546i64h1bgads9684eo0b05o3amlm2f2r5@4ax.com... 
 >>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:30 +0100, "Janitor of Lunacy" 
 >>>  wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>>>> Organisers of illegal raves were today given a stark reminder of the 
 >>>>> tough line taken by Norfolk police with the destruction of seized 
 >>>>> equipment valued at more than €30,000. 
 >>> 
 >>> What is the position if the equipment is leased?  It would be very 
 >>> unfair on the leasing company to have their property legally destroyed 
 >>> even though they had done nothing wrong. 
 >>> 
 >>I seem to have read somewhere that they have to return it to the leasing 
 >>company. 
 > 
 > Which simply means that, as soon as the rave organisers cotton on to that, 
 > they'll ALL be leasing equipment - from each other even, or from shell 
 > companies. No more gear getting seized. 
 > 
 That's an old trick. 
 There are plenty of cases of dodgy 'tradesmen' leasing all their possesions 
 (e.g. tools and van) from their wife, thus not having any assests to be 
 taken in the event of the 'business' going belly up. 
  
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