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A couple of items on possession claims and evictions. And another occasion to overuse exclamation marks. According to the Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting of 8 October 2021, Practice Direction 55C will be sort of coming to an end on 30 November 2021, but...
Yesterday (3 November) a statement from the Master of the Rolls announcing the end of the 'overall arrangements for possession proceedings', as of 1 November 2021, was put up on the judiciary website. The statement is here. (The original version of this post...
New regulations were laid today (9 Sept) coming into force on 1 October 2021 for England. The snappily titled The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021 do the following. Extend the...
We've been here before - MHCLG putting out versions of notice forms that were different to the statutory prescribed version, causing all sorts of lawfulness issues. This time (and I'll confess I hadn't picked it up at the time, because of not paying enough...
A few notes... As of 1 August 2021, the notice period for notices seeking possession on grounds of rent arrears for arrears of less than 4 months rent was reduced from 4 months notice to 2 months notice. Where arrears are of 4 months or more, the notice...
We are grateful to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre for this update on the position on possession notices and proceedings in Wales. In many ways the latest updating Welsh regulations dealing with possession notices, applying from 30th June 2021, are...
Last night, as housing law twitter (yes there is such a thing) did what it does, this tweet from @marieajparis definitely caught my attention https://twitter.com/marieajparis/status/1410593210628395011?s=21 (If you can't see the tweet, it says "My client...
I know, I know - it is a Wednesday, so you weren't expecting new regulations and forms. Let alone a couple of weeks before they come into effect. But here they are! (For England only) The Govt announced that from 1 June 2021 there will be new notice periods...
Admittedly slightly earlier on a Friday than we have come to expect, but still on a Friday to come into force the next working day, come The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (Moratorium Debt) (Consequential Amendment) (England)...
The Govt has today (10 March 2021) announced that the ban on bailiff evictions and the requirement for 6 months notice on Notices Seeking Possession (and Rent Act NTQs) will both be extend to 31 May 2021. Both were due to expire on 31 March 2021. We will...
As noted in the previous post, the Govt has announced that the ban on evictions in England will be extended to the end of March 2021. It was due to end on 22 February. The regulations putting this into effect have not been made public yet. We will have to...
The decision of Master Dagnall in The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity of the Brotherhood of the Most Glorious and Undivided Trinity and St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond, commonly called the Corporation of the Trinity House...