Help please on Loan Agreement!!

[Spirit333]

Hello everybody! Please bear with me as I am new to online forums. I have a bit of a predicament and was hoping somebody here may have some knowledge on this subject. I took on full loan last year a horse and signed the loan contract that states the owner has the right to terminate the contract for any reason with 2 weeks notice in writing. That time arrived 2 fays ago and I received a text message terminating the contract with no explanation or reason. I have always dreaded this day as the horse in question was badly abused and neglected by the owner (so he was a bit of a rescue mission on my behalf). He is happy, healthy and settled in his new home and want's for nothing! Even his vet did not recognise him due to his transformative healthy appearance. I have gone through his passport and found a fraudulent receipt of purchase for him. I have contacted the previous owner who is still down on his passport as the registered owner before this other person took over his care (or uncare so to speak) and forged the documents. The previous owner said that she had never sold or given the horse to this person and had never heard of them! Where do I stand with regards this Loan contract as this person has forged the receipt for ownership? I have offered to buy him but this heartless person is having none of it. Would I be able to approach the first owner still registered on the passport with an offer to buy this lovely horse?!

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Are you a member of the BHS? Call their legal helpline.

If i were me, i would be sending a letter by registered post, along the lines that: since having the horse (name) with you over the past 2 years, it has come to light that xyz is not the legal owner after all.
Therefore until the legal owner is identified in law, then the pony is not to be removed from his current carer, nor moved to any other place until full ownership has been proven.
Any attempt by xyz to remove the pony in the mean time, will be classed as theft.


Hope this might help?

 

[cally6008]

How can you tell the receipt of purchase is fraudulent ?

Who did the previous owner let the horse go to ? Was he out on loan to someone ?
Can they prove this ?

Contact the passport company to find out if that horse's passport has had any ownership blocks on it.
If the horse is microchipped, who is down as the owner ? Same for freezemark (if the horse has one)

Feel free to inbox me.

 

[Spirit333]

Many thanks for your help on this I shall contact the BHS and the previous owner as a matter of urgency. Thanks again!

 

[concorde]

So where did the previous owner think her horse was ?
Who did she think was caring for it ?

 

[Spirit333]

Hello and thanks! The previous owner donated him as a schoolmaster to a riding centre on the promise of a forever happy home. He was then given to this poece of work due to an outbreak of strangles closing it down for a period. The previous owner was somewhat annoyed and upset to learn he had been moved on. I shall check with the passport office for any blocks - you have been most helpful!