Hi,
I had an accident in my car and asked my boyfriend at the time if I could leave it at his place till I could afford to fix it. We broke up, and the verbal agreement was that he would take care of the car and that when I had money to tow it I could come collect it. A month after we broke up he texts me telling me it's on the street and the key is in a pot plant. I let him know that I can't afford to tow yet. No response from him at all till this day.
I've tried calling him and texting and yesterday I found out he has sold my car to free car removal business (scrap yard) without my permission. He gave me no warnings or 30 days notice to come collect the car. What are my rights under Property Law here as the car was only slightly damaged and is worth about 10k.
If I took him to court over this, would I have a leg to stand on? Also, you would think this is a chargeable offence...
I had an accident in my car and asked my boyfriend at the time if I could leave it at his place till I could afford to fix it. We broke up, and the verbal agreement was that he would take care of the car and that when I had money to tow it I could come collect it. A month after we broke up he texts me telling me it's on the street and the key is in a pot plant. I let him know that I can't afford to tow yet. No response from him at all till this day.
I've tried calling him and texting and yesterday I found out he has sold my car to free car removal business (scrap yard) without my permission. He gave me no warnings or 30 days notice to come collect the car. What are my rights under Property Law here as the car was only slightly damaged and is worth about 10k.
If I took him to court over this, would I have a leg to stand on? Also, you would think this is a chargeable offence...