Man claims second hand Porsche was written off in UK

A man bought a secondhand Porsche 911 sports car but returned it more than three years later after finding out it had been previously written off by a UK insurer, the High Court heard.

Edward Valentine, of Abbeycartron, Co Longford, claimed the €75,000 car was defective and sued motor dealers Bradys of Castle-knock in Dublin and Barclay Motors of Ballymount, Dublin. He also sued Lombard Ireland, which handled the hire purchase agreement under which he was to pay a total of €87,000, inclusive of interest.

The defendants deny Mr Valentine’s claims and Lombard counter-claimed for €16,665, inclusive of arrears and sums due under the hire purchase arrangement.