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Breathing Space Moratoriums for Debtors

And take a deep breath … The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 come into effect from 04 May 2021 and will apply to most debts accrued before or after that date, including arrears of rent and service charges. The…

Preparing for an eviction of your tenants

We understand that legal action to recover possession of your property can be an extremely frustrating and lengthy process. It can take several months to obtain a possession order from the Court and then, if the tenant fails to leave within the timeframe given on the Court order (usually 14 days…

Evictions further banned until after 21 February 2021 - but exception for “substantial rent arrears” widened

With Boris Johnson announcing last Monday that the country would be entering into a third period of national lockdown with effect from 06 January 2021, the inevitable question has been asked about the status of possession claims and evictions during this time. Whilst the suspension on possession…

Unlawful Eviction - Another Cautionary Tale

Unlawful eviction and its consequences are something that should be ever present in a Landlord’s mind when looking to evict a Tenant for whatever reason. This week’s update highlights the potential penalties that can befall Landlords should they take possession of their property without having…

Ban on evictions extended to 31 March 2021

Coming as no surprise, the Government announced last week that the current ban on evictions, due to be lifted on 21 February 2021, would be extended to 31 March 2021. The exceptions to the ban for what the Government has called the “most egregious cases”, including in cases of substantial rent…

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…

Suspension of evictions - now made lawful

We, amongst many other practitioners, have been bleating on recently ( see here ) about the ‘ request ’ by the Lord Chancellor made to High Court Enforcement Officers and County Court Bailiff not to undertake evictions either in certain areas affected by Tier 2 or 3 Covid 19 restrictions or during…

Further delays for evictions based upon the Tier System

Following the announcements made by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 10 September 2020 (reported by us on 11 September 2020), we have today seen a letter dated 21 October 2020 from The Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP, the Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for…

Further delays to evictions expected as country goes into second lockdown

On 21 October 2020, the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP, requested that no evictions take place in parts of the country affected by the Tier 2 and Tier 3 restrictions. It was therefore inevitable that the request would extend to Tier 1 areas in the event of a further…

01 June 2021 - Ban on evictions lifted and possession notice periods reduced from today

We reported a fortnight ago that the Government had announced that the ban on evictions would be lifted and that possession notice periods would be shortened after 31 May 2021 ( see here ). With today, 01 June 2021, marking that milestone, we are taking this opportunity to remind our readers of the…

How not to behave! - Unlawful eviction.

Whilst the following case of Wu v Chelmsford City Council (2023) EWCA Crim 338 should be a fairly obvious prime example of how NOT to behave as the landlord of a tenanted property, it is distressing how many times this sort of thing does occur or would occur, if some landlords carried through their…

Is a further ban on evictions on the cards?

Perhaps not entirely unexpectedly we saw, yesterday (10 September 2020), an announcement from the Government of further delays in the ability to obtain possession of property from tenants. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced yesterday afternoon that County Court…


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