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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
So how long was she supposed to wait with an empty flat and food going off in the fridge due to the power supply not being on? Should she just leave it like that ad infinitum?
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If you google it some of them say what she did wrong. She should have gone to the court and claimed possession of the property, then legally she would have been able to empty it.
She's paying for a mistake basically but unfortunately there is that little point of the law that ignorance is not a defense. I'm not saying that this is necessarily fair, but it stops people taking advantage of the law, and in respect of landlords being able to empty your home of all your belongings as they wish I'm glad that they didn't let her off otherwise other landlords might decide to do the same in favour of a more desireable occupant and that would be much more serious than this.
He only won £750 or something anyway, he wont see the penny of the fee's she's having to pay so it isn't like he is going to be rolling in wealth when he gets out of prison. Blame the solicitors for the high fee's she's having to pay!