She's intending to hire a lawyer to a) sue the landlord for damages and b) speed up her re-housing by the Council. What are her chances of winning?
Bruce
"but she can't prove it". Her chances are zero based on that statement alone. The lawyer will either refuse the case or ask for payment up front
RICK
who in their right mind would think a landlord would deliberately damage their own building?
Anonymous
Yeah, because it's very common for property owners to damage their own property on purpose...LOL!
The landlord isn't responsible for her things as long as the court decides that the landlord wasn't negligent.
Your sister could have purchased renter's insurance to cover her belongings. If she failed to do that, that's her problem, not the landlord's problem.
Suing to speed up the Council is pointless.
Anonymous
Legal advice here is worth what you paid for it