We have all the vehicles documents.

By the way thats my husband in the last 2 replies. Can anyone help further plz? Thank you

But he doesnt have anything in writing for anything, so he's not a creditor, therefore surely we are the legal owners & he's taken it without permission so its theft surely. Say my husband fits windows & doesn't get paid, then if he removed them he would get done?

I'm confused now, most ppl are saying its theft, then one other saying it's not! The police don't know we still owe £50 on it & that would be our word against his surely. It's all very confusing, we really don't know what to do for the best

We bought a van off a friend about 6 months ago for £1000, we gave him £700 when we got it & £250 a couple of months ago, so still owe him £50. In the meantime my husband has been working with him & they both got their tools stolen, tools weren't insured, so had to buy new, didn't have the money at the time, so a local merchant said we could pay them monthly, we've paid £500 off a £1600 bil so far, but the merchant has now put them on our friends account, as we don't have one with them. The friend has been baggering us for the money daily, so we've put our car up for sale, so we can pay him. We went away over the weekend & left the van with tools in, in a mutual friends locked yard, went for it this morning & it had gone, called the police, then found out the 1st friend had taken it & its in him lockup on the same yard (we didn't know he had one!). The police have spoken to the friend & they are saying its a civil matter. Spoke to the so called friend & he said he's keeping it all till we've paid him & he's says we also owe him £1500 for the van & £2500 off a job they did together. The van was only £1000, so only owe £50, put neither of us has proof as nothing written down & paid cash, we have got proof we paid the £500 off the tools. The van is registered in our name & we insure it. Please help, we are desperate. Thanks in advance

V5 & Insurance is in our name (my husbands)

The police said its not theft, because he said he's only holding it until the money is paid, they won't do anything about it, just said speak to a solicitor. Thing is we can't worj without the van & tools, so can't earn money to pay him back. Thanks for replying

We bought a van off a friend about 6 months ago for £1000, we gave him £700 when we got it & £250 a couple of months ago, so still owe him £50. In the meantime my husband has been working with him & they both got their tools stolen, tools weren't insured, so had to buy new, didn't have the money at the time, so a local merchant said we could pay them monthly, we've paid £500 off a £1600 bil so far, but the merchant has now put them on our friends account, as we don't have one with them. The friend has been baggering us for the money daily, so we've put our car up for sale, so we can pay him. We went away over the weekend & left the van with tools in, in a mutual friends locked yard, went for it this morning & it had gone, called the police, then found out the 1st friend had taken it & its in him lockup on the same yard (we didn't know he had one!). The police have spoken to the friend & they are saying its a civil matter. Spoke to the so called friend & he said he's keeping it all till we've paid him & he's says we also owe him £1500 for the van & £2500 off a job they did together. The van was only £1000, so only owe £50, put neither of us has proof as nothing written down & paid cash, we have got proof we paid the £500 off the tools. The van is registered in our name & we insure it. Please help, we are desperate. Thanks in advance

Hi, thank you for all your help. |'ve just had an email from the high courts & all action has been stopped. Whoooooo. Thanks again for all the help & advice Wend

I spoke to my insolvency practioner said they can still take the car, they haven't even seen a levy or anything & I don't think they know what their talking about. I am going to do what you suggest aswell. If the bailiff doesn't have a warrant can he not take the car, because I rang the police and they seemed to think he couldn't take it without one and he didn't show me one. Thanks again

I hope your right, but this is how I understood it to mean. (caledfwlch) I have had a reply from the sheriffs office, as I sent the details of my bankruptcy. This just said they would pass the details onto their client. What does that mean? Thank you everyone for all your help

Can someone also explain what a distrain & distress is please?

I have gone through the information link above, & all through the document it refers to the landlord, this person is not our landlord anymore and the rent arrears are from over 5 years ago, it also states in the document something about levies for landlords with rent arrears to the previous 6 months? Also I don't think that the bailiff has levied the car properly either? Can i ask the sheriffs office for a copy of the levy & the warrant? I'm really scared they are going to come out again & take the car, I then won't be able to work or pay the insolvency ppl the money i have to pay. Please please can someone help me further? Thanks for all the advice so far

No, they just gave me an inventory form, with the make, wrong colour of car & reg number. Doesn't say its a notice of seizure

I spoke to the Insolvency ppl and they have told me because its rent arrears & its levied that the bailiff can take it, so someone has messed up because i had a letter from them saying i could keep it for work. I also don't think he's levied it properly last August anyway, but not sure as i don't know how it works!!!