Not exactly the same situation but I did some time on Bailiff work around debt collection for taxes, and although we would remove all available assets on the day, anyone who claimed ownership was given time to prove title before the auction took place.

With bigger items such as engineering equipment and some vehicles which could not easily be moved and stored, the premises were made safe and the auction took place on site.

PS. I checked yesterday the MSCC are aware of what's going on. They didn't know the whole story but are better informed now.

DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4