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  • A company several friends work for is going in to liquidation, suddenly. This is something that’s happened to me previously. I’m keen to help friends avoid the situation I was in, which was naively thinking I’d get any money I was owed. Employees are being asked to return laptops - one friend is not complying and another is thinking of giving it back. I’m saying not to. Anyone know what the legal position is here?

    Can he refuse until he has been paid for the month in hand plus notice plus holiday?

    I always regretted not walking out with my Mac under my arm when this happened to me.

  • Anyone know what the legal position is here?

    Fundamentally, it's that you can't take the law into your own hands. Seizing somebody's property because they owe you money is the end point of a court process, not a thing you just do because you feel like it.

  • Sure, I get that. Maybe what I should be asking is would he get in any trouble if he just stalled until the point at which there was no company to give it back to.

    In this situation my sympathies lie very much with the employees getting stiffed.

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