Greetings all

One of our better neighbours has ended up with a damaged car and a private settlement, and wants to get shot of the car. Insurance appears not to have been involved, and during a recent conversation the subject of getting rid of it came up. My feeling is that the motor would be declared a write-off, as it has a shredded front corner - wing, light cluster, bumper are all dead, bit of minor damage on the bonnet, it's ten years old and worth about £2k. Certainly repairable I'd have thought. If he sticks it ebay as it is, damaged for spares or repair etc, what are his liabilities? Can he flog it privately and let someone put it back together at their own risk etc, or is there some sort of legal duty to have it checked and declared written off or otherwise? Incidentally, I gave him the 'you're supposed to tell the insurance anyway' speech already!