Stolen car question ????

[pixie83]

I had a car stole from outside my house, the person who stole it crashed in to a police car and wrote it off. He has been sentanced to community service today.

I was around 1k out of pocket for the whole thing with excess and such forth

Does anyone know if I can try to get back my losses against him??

[silk]

pixie83 said:

I had a car stole from outside my house, the person who stole it crashed in to a police car and wrote it off. He has been sentanced to community service today.

I was around 1k out of pocket for the whole thing with excess and such forth

Does anyone know if I can try to get back my losses against him??

you'd have to go through that national uninsured drivers scheme thing, cant remember what its called, loads of people will know. but dont think you can claim against him as a person no

[esselte]

silk said:

pixie83 said:

I had a car stole from outside my house, the person who stole it crashed in to a police car and wrote it off. He has been sentanced to community service today.

I was around 1k out of pocket for the whole thing with excess and such forth

Does anyone know if I can try to get back my losses against him??

you'd have to go through that national uninsured drivers scheme thing, cant remember what its called, loads of people will know. but dont think you can claim against him as a person no

If someone assaulted you and stopped you from working for a while,couldn't you take out a private prosecution for loss of wages or anything? Isn't this similar?

[vonhosen]

http://www.mib.org.uk/MIB/en/Claims/Default.htm

[Mg6b]

You could try a claim through the MIB (Motor Insurers Bureau) They will hit you with a £300 excess but you should be able to claim for an uninsured loss through the,.

Your chances of getting anything from a person who stole your car are zilch, even if the court award you compensation which they probably will not for a car!

[10 Pence Short]

Compensation orders are complete pants. They end up being orderd to pay 50p a week for the next 10 years, and when they don't pay and end up back in court (eventually), it'll just go down to 8p every 6 months, instead.

Better off with the MIB route as mentioned!