article_snippet.sent: The family of a teenage burglar left seriously injured when Thomas Buckett fell through a roof during a school break-in have been left with a £150,000 legal bill after trying to sue county council for not doing more to secure the premises.
article_snippet.sent: Thomas Buckett, 21, faces a huge legal bill after unsuccessfully suing Staffordshire County Council .
article_snippet.sent: However, Judge Peter Main ordered the family to pay Staffordshire County Council an interim payment of £150,000 in costs by May 4, a figure which could climb as high as £260,000 after further assessment.
article_snippet.sent: the family faces financial ruin after the family were left with a £150,00 legal bill after failing to sue Staffordshire County Council .
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Buckett said the family had funded both the legal action and Mrs Buckett son’s care.
article_snippet.sent: Asked if Mrs Buckett may have to sell the family’s bungalow to pay the council’s costs, Mrs Buckett said: ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen yet.
highlights_snippet.sent: But after a judge threw out Family claim Family face legal bill of up to £260,000 .