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Indeed, and if you went and drove the car away without payment using a spare key, that would be theft. There is case law on this.
Surely you would have to establish an intent to permenantly deprive?
Indeed, and if you went and drove the car away without payment using a spare key, that would be theft. There is case law on this.
Indeed, and if you went and drove the car away without payment using a spare key, that would be theft. There is case law on this.
[TW]Fox;28170139 said:
Every case on its merits of course, but the case law is still there. 'It has been considered as theft', would be a more accurate assessment than 'it is theft' perhaps, but the legal precedent is there all the same...
[TW]Fox;28170274 said:The legal precedent is there as long as the requirements are met which is absolutely not the same thing as saying 'it is theft'.
If the person then did not pay their bill, what recourse would the garage have?
They keep the car.
If you don't intend to pay for the clutch, then that would constitute theft. However, if you intend to pay then it isn't. S1(1) Theft Act 1968 is pretty clear.
They can't keep the car, the car doesn't belong to them. The worst they can do is to remove any parts they have fitted and raise a separate bill for labour.