On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:58:55 +0000, Alexander Lamaison wrote:

I don't know if there is anything special about cars, but I'd imagine
the DVLA would refuse to register it in your name unless you have legal
ownershop.

And how do you propose to prove that?

The nearest I can think of for anything other than a house (with Land
Registry registration being proof) is for...

cars...

where a logbook (which specifically breaks the link to "ownership") would
normally count.