ExH left his car in my garage

Marvel1

AdrianC wrote: »

After six months, and ignoring multiple attempts to contact him about it, it'll be hard for him to claim that he retains any interest in owning it.
£25 and a V62 will get a V5C in your name. That'll then allow it to be sold or scrapped, depending on value. If there's no key, and the car is of non-trivial value, then one can be ordered through a main dealer - although that might not be cheap, and might require substantial parts of the security to be replaced.

It's not hard to move it - wheel dollies have already been linked, and every vaguely competent tow firm/scrappy will have a set. All it takes is sufficient access to all four wheels to jack up and insert.
If you want to DIY it, then...
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/garage-equipment/wheel-dollies/wd4000-450kg-wheel-dollies-set-of-four

A V5C is the registered keeper and is not proof of ownership.

AdrianC

Yes, I know.

But you try weighing something in without a V5C in your name...

Comms69

It's simple - don't use recorded delivery! every solicitor should know that.

oscarward

I'd be more inclined to park it in a car park somewhere which has an avaricious clamper lurking :-)


(I know the charge may come back to OP's property, but tickles me to offset to sharks against each other)

Warwick_Hunt

Comms69 wrote: »

It's simple - don't use recorded delivery! every solicitor should know that.

Good point a story it no longer exists.

scd3scd4

Well what happened to the old banger!!

debtdebt

oscarward wrote: »

I'd be more inclined to park it in a car park somewhere which has an avaricious clamper lurking :-)


(I know the charge may come back to OP's property, but tickles me to offset to sharks against each other)

Good luck finding such a car park. Private clampers have been outlawed in England since the introduction of The Protection of Freedoms Act .

Ectophile

The magic words the OP needs to Google for are "involuntary bailment" (the situation the OP is in) or "involuntary bailee" (what the OP is).

There's plenty of case law on what the OP is allowed to do.

peter_the_piper

debtdebt wrote: »

Good luck finding such a car park. Private clampers have been outlawed in England since the introduction of The Protection of Freedoms Act .

Well he could always park in the wrong places on a railway car park. AFAIK they can still clamp there(, but not for breaking the ppc's terms.)

Le_Kirk

Since the OP, the poster has posted once more and has disappeared so either the answer they were expecting hasn't yet been postulated or they have solved the problem. Would be nice of them to update us!