Right, latest development. Got authorisation today from the DVLA to put my private plate on to the Focus and the old plates back on the Mondeo, so far so good.

On Tuesday night i took a deposit from a guy for the sale of the Mondeo and told him i would have all of the paperwork back from the DVLA within the next couple of days so that he could pick the car up at the weekend but all that came from the DVLA today was the transfer authorisation letter and two certificates (1 for the old plate and 1 for the private plate) that need to be produced to get new number plates made if necessary. I also got section 10 (New keeper's details) from the original logbooks. Can i give this to the buyer so that he can take the Mondeo and then when i get the new logbooks back from the DVLA fill in his details in the relevant section and return it back to the DVLA so they then send him the next logbook.