Right of access to property

[adrianm]

LPG is supplied to my house and seven others in a private estate by an independent company (not a public utility) and I am in dispute with them over their charges. As a result it claims I owe them in the region of £400. Rather than address the problem, a representative from the company today entered my land and disconnected the supply by removing a section of piping from the meter through which the gas travels into the property. The meter is theirs, although no contract was ever signed to that effect either by me individually or the management company formed by the residents that looks after the estate.
However, they did not have my permission to come onto my land to access the meter neither did they have a warrant to do so.
Please can you advise me where I stand.

[ChuckFickens]

Look up implied right of access which basically means that people who have legitimate business on your property have an implied right of access. (it's what allows the postman to come into your garden to get to your front door)

If you wish to remove implied rights of access it has to be done in writing to the company concerned, otherwise they are perfectly within their rights to enter your property to access their equipment.

[factor-fiction]

Duplicate post- http://www.theanswerb.../Question1038669.html
I answered the other thread. My answer was similar to chuckfickens' answer, although his answer is probably set out better than mine.