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UK - My employer failed to insure me on the company van i was driving.?

I found out that i had been driving the van uninsured for 7 months. If i was to have been involved in an accident i could have received a criminal record. Does anyone know if i can i sue them for this?

Update:

Oh and they were paying me below minimum wage for several months also but they have corrected that now.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    You cannot sue for what might have happened only what HAS happened, if you've suffered a loss or injury.

    Don't forget it is the driver's responsibility to make sure any vehicle they drive is insured so if you were to take them to court you would be equally to blame for not checking you were insured.

    And who's fault is it if you were being underpaid. The labourer is worth his due but it's down to the worker to make sure he knows what he's worth.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    To answer the question, no, you cannot sue for something that didn't happen.

    In fact even if you had received points on your licence as a result of being uninsured for that time you still couldn't have sued them because it's your responsibility as a driver to ENSURE that ANY vehicle you drive is fully insured.

    Get over it and find a job with more honest employers.

  • 9 years ago

    A no insurance conviction is a motoring conviction not a criminal conviction so you get an IN10 on your licence not a criminal record.

    You are unlikely to win anything if you sue your employer as you did not suffer a loss.

    If you did sue your employer even though you had good reason, it could put of any new employer from offering you a job.

    Just chalk this one up to experience as you now know to ask any new employer for evidence you are insured to drive their vehicles.

  • 9 years ago

    No, you have suffered no loss to sue over. You have though been committing a criminal offence for 7 months, that of using a motor vehicle on a road or other public place without insurance contrary to s143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

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  • parise
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    you will get expenditures in in common terms a jiffy at - SALESQUOTES.archives- RE Am I insured tochronic a corporation van? My corporation does not pay me till I arrive at a job. Which in my e book skill i'm no longer yet at artwork. Does this recommend i'm no longer lined by skill of the insurance tochronic that van?

  • 9 years ago

    Find another job - you can't trust this boss.

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