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To enforce or not to enforce? - That is a valid question

Well, here we all are, three months into lockdown and, with some clear relief, the slow release from isolation seems to be coming our way - and just in time for the summer too. What could be better? Given that lockdown started shortly before the March Quarter Day and we have just passed the June…

Law Commission Report on Leasehold Ownership

This week’s Legal Update looks at the (not so) bed time reading that is the 640 page Law Commission Report snappily titled “ Reinvigorating commonhold : the alternative to leasehold ownership” which was published at the end of July 2020. The full report can be found here As will be no surprise from…

Courts Practice Direction 55C for possession claims extended

Last Friday afternoon, 29 January 2021, saw the extension of the current Practice Direction in the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) relating to possession claims and COVID-19. PD55C was introduced back in August 2020, as part of the reaction to the pandemic, and came into effect formally on 20 September…

Guarantees - How long do they last?

What does an article about guarantees have to do with some soggy looking sheep in a boggy field you ask? Read on and all will become clear. You will have all experienced, at least once, that conversation with an enraged, or perhaps slightly righteous, guarantor who explains to you that he/she…

Hot off the Press - Ban on evictions extended by 2 months!

Renters across England and Wales will receive greater protection after the government extended the suspension of new evictions until 23 August 2020 . The Lord Chancellor has requested and the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (“CPRC”) agree to extend the ban on eviction proceedings by a further 2…

Stay on possession actions extended to 20 September 2020 at last minute

The stay on all existing and new possession actions that has been in place since March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic was due to be lifted yesterday, as we reported earlier this month. However, in what is the epitome of an eleventh hour U-turn by the government, on Saturday 22 August 2020 the…

Tenancy Update - Evictions further delayed and notices to terminate remain 6 months

Housing Secretary, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, announced yesterday that restrictions imposed upon landlords and their ability to remove tenants will continue as follows:- Evictions The ban on bailiff evictions was introduced at the beginning of the pandemic and was due to come to an end (or be…

Is the government planning to extend the ban on evictions?

As discussed in our March Legal Update “ COVID-19 Coronavirus - Government support for tenants and landlords ”, ( see here ) the government has banned all evictions until the tail end of next month as part of a raft of measures to protect tenants facing financial hardship as a result of the…