If I sell my car for £1 to my daughter, can bailiffs still take it?


Yes

On the date a Notice of Enforcement is given to the debtor, all the goods of the debtor become bound from the time the notice is given.[1]

If the goods of the debtor is reassigned or transferred, then those goods remain subject to the enforcement power.[2]

There is an exception to this rule, when the goods are bought by another in good faith without knowing they were bound under an enforcement power.[3]

If the car is transferred to a family member, then a court would not accept that the transfer was made in good faith,[4] and a third-party claim,[5] would fail.[6]

If you want to protect a car from the effects of enforcement, then it must be made Unavailable, or park it on a neighbour's driveway,[7] or dispose ot it, and replace it with another that is on hire-purchase,[8] or is exempt from enforcement.[9]



[1] Paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[2] Paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[3] Paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[4] Larnyoh vs. LB Croydon & Newlyn Plc. 2 July 2015
[5] Civil Procedure Rule 85.4
[6] See Making a third party claim to controlled goods
[7] Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[8] See Bailiffs and hire-purchase vehicles
[9] See Bailiffs and exempt goods