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hi hope this is in the right place,im after some advice for my son,he was thinking of getting rid of his car as it was costing him too much on the insurance,well his mate who he used to like with said one of his friends was after buying the car,but i think this is silly what my sons done, he trusted the lad and said he could give him the money in installments,well all hes had is �1000 and nothing else,my sons rang him but, he ignores him,hes been round to the house but hes never there,the last time my son heard from him was when he gave him a cheque a few weeks ago which bounced,is there anything he can do,ie go to the police please help thankyou
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The police???
No, this is a civil debt.
The only way the police would be involved is if he can prove a deception. That means the "mens rea", i.e the guilty knowledge at the time of the offence would be sufficient to prove that the purchaser had no intention whatsoever to pay for the car. In otherwords, impossible to prove!!!
A solicitor or the small claims court I am afraid is the only way forward.
However, civil redress could be awarded if he took the car back.
Yes, he does not know own the car as such, but a stone bonker defence to ALL theft crimes is "I thought I had a legal right to"
Dodgy grounds, but a possibility if he can handle himself.
No, this is a civil debt.
The only way the police would be involved is if he can prove a deception. That means the "mens rea", i.e the guilty knowledge at the time of the offence would be sufficient to prove that the purchaser had no intention whatsoever to pay for the car. In otherwords, impossible to prove!!!
A solicitor or the small claims court I am afraid is the only way forward.
However, civil redress could be awarded if he took the car back.
Yes, he does not know own the car as such, but a stone bonker defence to ALL theft crimes is "I thought I had a legal right to"
Dodgy grounds, but a possibility if he can handle himself.
last year i brought an expensive stab proof jacket. It never arrived. Contacting the company failed as no responce to emails.
I took matters into my own hands and sent in some nasty computer viruses. From what i heard the viruses trashed all of the companys computer system whitch more than corvered the cost of the product.
in your case the police are useless and other than a PI i can't suggest anything else.
I took matters into my own hands and sent in some nasty computer viruses. From what i heard the viruses trashed all of the companys computer system whitch more than corvered the cost of the product.
in your case the police are useless and other than a PI i can't suggest anything else.
my mate lent her credit card to her mate as she wanted to get her child a tv for her bedroom so not even something they desperately needed, she also paid for loads of catalogue things until her people paid for them, Came to about 500 odd pound and she did a runner, my mate went and cried to my boss about it and he bailed her out. wasnt anything to do with company and she's never paid them back
This is a matter of breach of contract and one for the civil court. Depending on how much is outstanding your son can take his person to the small claims court or should approach a solicitor. As long as your son gives this person ample warning that he is going to take this course of action then if he wins his case then he should recoup all his costs. The fact that he was given a cheque that bounced is important evidence in favour of showing the court that there is a genuine breach of contract and a debt that should be paid.
NO, possession of the log book isn't sufficient evidence of theft. The police would approach the other person who would state he had a verbal contract with your son and it would be treated as a civil debt. Your son would have to lie to the police in order to make it look like theft landing himself in sorts of possible trouble.
However, there is the possibilty of a criminal offence,if when he presented the cheque to your son, he knew that he had insufficient funds to cover it, then he would be guilty of deception.
However, there is the possibilty of a criminal offence,if when he presented the cheque to your son, he knew that he had insufficient funds to cover it, then he would be guilty of deception.
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