23/10/2026
Bought a car that has turned out to be faulty? Selling one and want to get it right?
Our new free client guide, Buying and Selling a Car: Your Rights and How to Claim, explains the law in Northern Ireland in plain English:
✔ Your rights when you buy from a dealer, privately or on finance
✔ The strict time limits: 30 days to reject a faulty car for a full refund, 6 months in which a fault is presumed to have been there from the start, and 6 years to bring a claim
✔ When you can undo a sale for misrepresentation, and how you can lose that right
✔ Why an independent engineer’s report matters
✔ A checklist of the documents to bring us
✔ Selling safely, including finance, payment and DVLA
Time limits are short, so the sooner you act, the more options you have.
If you need advice about a car you have bought or sold, contact your local Law Group office:
📍 Portadown: JPHLAW, Montrose House, Church Street · 028 3833 3333
📍 Lurgan: Watson & Neill, 23 High Street · 028 3832 5111
📍 Dungannon: Simmons Meglaughlin & Orr, 20 Northland Row · 028 8772 2016
📍 Omagh: A F Colhoun & Co, 41 Dublin Road · 028 8224 2136
Or email [email protected]
Every case turns on its own facts. This guide is general information, not legal advice.