Subject: RE: Preservation notice — Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough — do not destroy records — Matter of public interest
From: Sion Buckler
Direction: sent
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:13 UTC
Institution: Ministry of Justice / HMCTS
Refs: none
Archive id: gm-1a1563a5fd1f8170
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Dear Mr Jones,

Thank you for your email of 16 October 2026 asking whether I have a claim number relating to my preservation notice of 28 September 2026. I have put everything I need to ask HMCTS into this one reply.

1. Claim numbers and the proceedings concerned

I do not have claim numbers. The proceedings I know of concern Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough, near Penarth:
- a possession order of 2 February 1955 and a Cardiff County Court order of 11 December 1962, in proceedings in which Western Ground Rents Ltd was the party seeking possession;
- a possession action listed on 3 July 1974;
- the possession order enforced in November 1988 following BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (High Court, Hollis J, July 1986; Court of Appeal [1987] EWCA Civ 2).

These details come from the published judgment and family papers, so I may be wrong on some of them.

2. Surviving records

Could you tell me whether any record, index entry, warrant or bailiff's return survives for these, or for the November 1988 enforcement? If not, were any transferred elsewhere (for example to a central HMCTS archive or The National Archives) or destroyed, and if so when and under which retention schedule?

3. The earlier "no records" reply

Cardiff County Court Enquiries told me on 4 August 2026 that, because of the case's age, no records were held. Could you let me know the basis of that statement, so that I understand how it fits with your request for a claim number?

If any of this is better handled under my Ministry of Justice subject access request (IR 260904007), please let me know.

A reply by 2 November 2026 would be appreciated.

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Sion Buckler (Ret'd Sergeant)
Royal Signals Cyber/Electronic Warfare Professional
https://greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com