Bosses behind ‘webuyanycar’ expected to appear in High Court

BOSSES from the firm behind webuyanycar.com are expected to face cross-examination in the High Court this week in a row with a computer programmer over a business deal that turned sour.

City sources say BCA Marketplace, which owns Webuyanycar, is being sued for up to £20 million by David Brown, who sold a majority stake in his online car dealing operation, Tradeouts, to the FTSE 250 group for £1.2 million in 2014.

Brown founded Tradeouts in 2012, but claims BCA deliberately set out to destroy it after taking control. He claims BCA realised Tradeouts could be a threat to its main business, so encouraged customers to cancel orders and asked them to mislead him about

PAPERS: Avril Palmer Baunack their reason for doing so. He also alleges BCA incorrectly told third parties that Tradeouts had been shut down and filed company accounts without his approval.

Avril Palmer-Baunack, the high-profile executive chairman of BCA Marketplace, is mentioned in court documents and is expected to feature in the case. Brown claims BCA was involved in the ‘destruction’ of Tradeouts.

Tim Lampert, BCA Marketplace’s chief financial officer, is expected to give evidence.

BCA Marketplace said it ‘sees absolutely no merit in this case’. Brown declined to comment.