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Car seller drives off with the car and money causing injury on the way: what next?

by Murdo Maguire — last modified 2007-01-31 07:29

My brother and father went recently to buy a vehicle and the person drove off with the money when it became clear that the vehicle still have HP finance owed on the vehicle so he should never have sold it. My brother had been standing in front of the vehicle and it hit him, put him on the bonnet and the man continued to drive on. Luckily he fell off the side but the driver drove on. At the time he felt OK but has that evening had back problems. Firstly can you tell me which law relates to hit and run and although the police have the man's name - they are not pursuing it. What can we do - apart from the fact the finance company will take the car off my father shortly, the man also has £2700 of my father's money and he purposely drove into my brother. Can you please give me some advice on how exactly we can make sure the police follow up with this matter.

Leaving aside the question of whether any money can be recovered from the person who sold the vehicle in terms of the purchase price, there is clearly a claim for personal injury to be made by your brother.

Whilst there may in any event be a claim to be made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, on the assumption that the injury was caused accidentally rather than on purpose, then most likely as the vehicle will have been uninsured, the claim would ultimately be taken up by the Motor Insurers' Bureau.

However, it is essential that the matter is fully documented by the police and there is also the risk that some element of contributory negligence might be found on the part of your brother, as he was standing in front of the vehicle.

The claim however is certainly worth making and if it is one for the Motor Insurers' Bureau, they will provide free legal expenses insurance cover if your brother does not have the benefit of legal expenses insurance under any other policy.

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