Due to circumstances explained below I found myself in a situation when a vehicle to which I was the lawful owner off was taken from me. I have not transferred ownership of the vehicle and have recently searched the PPSR and found it registered.
Circumstances
During a time in my life when I was suffering from unforeseen circumstances I found my self homeless and living out of my car. My car was located in an underground carpark which was in a residential building of an acquaintance. While I was not present someone had jacked my car up and stolen the wheels (which were quite valuable) and placed concrete bricks where the wheels were. Soon after the building management spoted the car in the carpark proped up onto concrete bricks and made the decision to have he car towed (I am clueless how they thought this was the right decision to make as clearly a crime had occurred and they were interfering with a crime scene ). Nonetheless this is what came to my knowledge when I returned to where I believed my car was located at the time.
In this instance it may be common sense that one would contact the police given the nature of events, however I did not. There are a number of reasons why I did not and the situation was quite complex. However the main contributing factors for this was due to the emotional fear I held of law enforcement. This fear was due to my own personal experiences with the QPS and pending drug possession charges that I failed to appear before the court on. I feared that police contact may see to loss of liberty. So I decided not to report the event to the police even considering the additional challenges I now faced with the additional issue that the car I was living in was now gone along with all of my possessions that were inside the car.
A few weeks later I was in a Position to track down the location of my car and make some inquiries. After contacting the tow truck company I was told the fee for release was over $3000. The fee was made up of storage costs and associated high cost of towing due to a specialty vehicle being required for the tow as the car had no wheels. Due to my circumstances and the mounting issues I had at the time I was unable to focus on this single issue and was unable to take possession of my car.
Sometime passed and I made progress on the mountain of problems I had once faced. It was an extremely challenging time in my life and ironically it was the justice system that I feared whom assisted me with housing rather than imprisonment (*Justice system does not include the QPS as due to years of discrimination and harassment there will forever be a lack of trust in law enforcement). Having stable housing was the single issue I had to resolve before I could even begin to resolve other life obstacles.
The date that the above events occurred was somewhere in 2018. I have not made any attempts to recover the vehicle since my phone call to the towing company back then and had just forgotten about it as it was in the to hard basket given the number of life threatening issues I had to resolve. To me the car was my pride and joy. The vehicle is a Nissan 350 Z roadster and I was a real enthusiast. I sacrificed a lot of money ( when I had it prior to unforeseen circumstances ) and countless hours making modifications and improvements to the vehicle. While looking through my photo album I came across the car and begun thinking what had happened to it. Subsequently I located the VIN searched the PPSR. To my surprise the vehicle is registered in Queensland and registration is valid till 2024.
Am I able to recover the vehicle or sue for compensation?
if so how would this be done?
Thank you in advance for taking time to consider the issue I have described above.
You’re opinion, advice and guidance is highly valued and appreciated.
My question is regarding my legal right to recovery ?
Circumstances
During a time in my life when I was suffering from unforeseen circumstances I found my self homeless and living out of my car. My car was located in an underground carpark which was in a residential building of an acquaintance. While I was not present someone had jacked my car up and stolen the wheels (which were quite valuable) and placed concrete bricks where the wheels were. Soon after the building management spoted the car in the carpark proped up onto concrete bricks and made the decision to have he car towed (I am clueless how they thought this was the right decision to make as clearly a crime had occurred and they were interfering with a crime scene ). Nonetheless this is what came to my knowledge when I returned to where I believed my car was located at the time.
In this instance it may be common sense that one would contact the police given the nature of events, however I did not. There are a number of reasons why I did not and the situation was quite complex. However the main contributing factors for this was due to the emotional fear I held of law enforcement. This fear was due to my own personal experiences with the QPS and pending drug possession charges that I failed to appear before the court on. I feared that police contact may see to loss of liberty. So I decided not to report the event to the police even considering the additional challenges I now faced with the additional issue that the car I was living in was now gone along with all of my possessions that were inside the car.
A few weeks later I was in a Position to track down the location of my car and make some inquiries. After contacting the tow truck company I was told the fee for release was over $3000. The fee was made up of storage costs and associated high cost of towing due to a specialty vehicle being required for the tow as the car had no wheels. Due to my circumstances and the mounting issues I had at the time I was unable to focus on this single issue and was unable to take possession of my car.
Sometime passed and I made progress on the mountain of problems I had once faced. It was an extremely challenging time in my life and ironically it was the justice system that I feared whom assisted me with housing rather than imprisonment (*Justice system does not include the QPS as due to years of discrimination and harassment there will forever be a lack of trust in law enforcement). Having stable housing was the single issue I had to resolve before I could even begin to resolve other life obstacles.
The date that the above events occurred was somewhere in 2018. I have not made any attempts to recover the vehicle since my phone call to the towing company back then and had just forgotten about it as it was in the to hard basket given the number of life threatening issues I had to resolve. To me the car was my pride and joy. The vehicle is a Nissan 350 Z roadster and I was a real enthusiast. I sacrificed a lot of money ( when I had it prior to unforeseen circumstances ) and countless hours making modifications and improvements to the vehicle. While looking through my photo album I came across the car and begun thinking what had happened to it. Subsequently I located the VIN searched the PPSR. To my surprise the vehicle is registered in Queensland and registration is valid till 2024.
Am I able to recover the vehicle or sue for compensation?
if so how would this be done?
Thank you in advance for taking time to consider the issue I have described above.
You’re opinion, advice and guidance is highly valued and appreciated.
