I recently purchased a car and the seller was less than honest about the condition of the car it needed repairs carried out at quite a alot money £££'s maybe more. The issue is the seller had a cherished plate on the car but did not remove the number before the sale. I purchased the car with the plate on it and taxed and insured the car with that plate on it, the next day the car would not start the battery was completley flat. I tried to contact the seller to see if the battery needed replacing or was it something he had forgotten to mention! surprise surprise he never returned any calls or texts. So I took a chance and I purchased a new battery at £78 the car started okay. One week later the seller contacted me, he never mentioned the battery at all but wanted his number palte and asked me to sign some paper work and give him the tax disc from the car so he cuold transfer the plate. I refused to do this as it's illegal to drive without a vaild tax disc on display, I asked him to bring me the paper work and I would do the transfer and post him back any relevant documents, he still insisted I sign the documents and give him the tax disc but I still refused this. He has not been in touch since(1 month). Now in the mean time the car has suffered from some problems that are going to cost alot of money it needs a new inlet manifold and possibley more, Park assist never worked and needs repaired it had been turned of to cloak this also there is problems with the fog lights not working and could also cost £££'s. I know I should have check everything but i thought it was ok the car seemed to drive well but I had no knoledge of the these cars this all happened within the two weeks of owning it. So would I be the legal owner of the plate? and would I be alright to sell the plate on the car to cover the repair costs to the car any help would be gratefully recieved on this Cheers

P.S. I have already had to pay for the maf, map, egr and throttle body to be cleaned and checked