Hey guys.
I got a friend of mine a vauxhall corsa a year ago.
The V5 logbook was lost but the owner had the green slip which he gave us.
He is a friend of the family so trusted him in what he said.
I taxed the car on the 2nd of April 2009 for 6 months, no problems.
Forgot about it until the tax was due again so we went to the local dvla office, filled out a tax form and a form for applying for a new V5.
It didnt cost anything as we had the green slip. DVLA processed it, issued us a tax disc and said the V5 would be in the post soon.

Fast forward another 6 months and a letter turns up today stating there was a destruction order on the vehicle
I rang DVLA Swansea up about it who say someone sent the V5 logbook to them on the 7th of July 2009 with the box ticked for the vehicle being scrapped!!!!
DVLA issued a destruction order and say theres nothing they can do the vehicle can not go back on the road.
The person we got the car from said he had lost the V5 so couldnt have sent it off scrapped even if he wanted to.

So heres the thing, DVLA let us tax the car in October for another 6 months so come they didnt saything then that the car had been scrapped???

Has anyone else had a similar thing happen to them?
Is there really nothing we can do or have we been fobbed off??

Thanks in advance for any advice