Suing The Council Because Of Bed Bugs

TPengalicciouss | 05:06 Sun 07th Oct 2018 | Home & Garden

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I am in 1 room with 4 children in a hostel. We have bed bugs and it was treated by pest control on Friday. I was not moved out of the room and Saturday morning I had to call an Ambulance because my throat was swollen and I was bitten from head to toe and could not stop scratchin. The maintenance company did not change the bed either. I have continued to bring bitten since, it is now Sunday. I feel as though I have been beaten up. I have been in this hostel for 4 months with shared facilities, in 1 room with 4 children; 4months-10 years. Can I Sue the council for negligence??

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I regard the idea of suing the council as a non-starter simply because there's no legal aid available for such cases, so you'd need many thousands of pounds to take legal action against the council. (If you lost the case you'd then have to pay thousands of pounds more to pay the council's legal costs). A more realistic way to jolt the council into action is to get...

13:21 Sun 07th Oct 2018

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TPengalicciouss

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If it was that easy, there wouldn’t be hostels!

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The Council own the property and let another company manage it. They are a law unto themselves.

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