CCJ for a vehicle that was sold...

Susieee

MrFrugalFever said:

The V5c is NOT proof of legal ownership and therefore, I believe, the issue of not changing address and tracing of the legal owner may well be a separate one entirely. Providing you can prove, without any doubt, the sale of the motorbike, you may be able to remove yourself from this tri-partite mess and let the garage deal directly with the motorbike owner.

The owner of the motorbike would then need to consult the Consumer Credit Act, trading standards and possibly his own solicitor to untangle the mess he is in. If the garage can not prove that work was requested to be carried out - at an agreed rate - then they may not be able to request more in costs than is reasonable.

Personally, has hard as it may be emotionally (due to link to your nephew etc), I think you should focus on the impact it has on you personally and the fact that you were not the legal owner at the time of CCJ. 

Thanks. Will be making the application to court over the weekend. 

Just to clarify, he isn't my nephew. I don't even know this person. He is the nephew of my partner's friend. And that friend is just a mum at our son's school, we barely know them. 

Thanks everyone. 

Blue_sky101

Hi Susiee. Any updates on this?