Compensation for stolen car??

Flyboy152

spiro wrote: »

One of the things that will not be in your favour when you come to claim compensation is that you did not think the car was worth enough to insure it. If they get a lawyer they will use that arguement against you which you can't dispute.

If you do get paid it will probably be little more than if an insurance company wrote the car off.

As for how soon it will be before you see any money, that could be weeks/months, they are always saying how busy the court system is so your case will end up on a CPS case pile for them to decide if they are going to prosecute, then get a court date set, then find them guilty and then for you to get your money at a rate the court feels the guilty party can afford to pay it.

That's irrelevant. There is no legal requirement to insure a car kept on private land. The car will have a value, irrespective of what value the the owner puts ion it.

Lum

wba31 wrote: »

That's great, but as someone has already said, payments will probably be set at £1 a month for 100 years...

The OP is going to be suing the owner of a scrapyard I thought. This is someone with premises and equipment that aren't easily moved.

If they were just suing some random hoodie wearing urchin then yes I'd agree with you.