Getting sued tonight :)

[ecchi]

Shame you are not in the UK. Here any deal entered into by an employee of a company is legally binding on the company. So when the manager took the pinks off you it would be considered "done and dusted". The garage owner would have no hope.

[Bobc01]

Originally Posted by ecchi

Shame you are not in the UK. Here any deal entered into by an employee of a company is legally binding on the company. So when the manager took the pinks off you it would be considered "done and dusted". The garage owner would have no hope.

Not when it comes to cars, that's why they brought in the new V5 where you have to get the new owners to fill their details in and you send it off.
If you don't you are liable for anything that car is involved with.

I got clobbered for road tax on a car i sold before that and it took a huge fight to get out of paying that. |badidea|

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by Bobc01

Not when it comes to cars, that's why they brought in the new V5 where you have to get the new owners to fill their details in and you send it off.

I was talking about business deals (like selling the car, getting it repaired etc.) not motoring offences. Yes, if you do not notify the DVLC that you have sold a car, they assume you still own it and you are liable for things like parking offences, and even accidents if the driver does a runner.

Originally Posted by Bobc01

Or maybe the judges are selected like jurors and he's just some guy forced to sit on the bench?

A few years ago I did some work as an outside clerk (the guy sitting next to the barrister if a solicitor is not sitting there). Some judges know even less about the law than me (and I've had no formal legal training). I have no idea where they get them from, but sometimes I think it must be the local branch of "Idiots R Us".

[Bobc01]

Originally Posted by ecchi

I was talking about business deals (like selling the car, getting it repaired etc.) not motoring offences. Yes, if you do not notify the DVLC that you have sold a car, they assume you still own it and you are liable for things like parking offences, and even accidents if the driver does a runner.

If nothing is down on paper then i'd assume it would be difficult to prove, even so a ccj isn't enforceable through a small claims court so even if it was me and i lost i wouldn't pay up.

Same problem here as you know with garages etc trying it on with excessive charges.

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by Bobc01

If nothing is down on paper then i'd assume it would be difficult to prove.

Yeah that is the problem. A verbal contract is legally binding but a bastard to prove. I actually have a letter from CitiBank that basically says "We have looked into your claim and decided that you cannot prove our representative promised you that, so we are not going to honour his promise."

Originally Posted by Bobc01

even so a ccj isn't enforceable through a small claims court so even if it was me and i lost i wouldn't pay up.

The other side only has to go back to court to get it enforceable, then you get his legal fees for the second court appearance added on to the bill and they can attach your earnings (i.e. until the debt is discharged, including all legal costs and interest at 2% above Barclay's base rate; your boss becomes obliged to pay your salary to the courts, they send you the minimum they consider necessary for you to live on, then the rest goes towards paying what you owe).