An assortment of useful and amusing things for a Sunday. First, the many and varied changes to the notice periods and validity periods of section 21 notices over the last 18 months has caused headaches for all involved in trying to calculate the relevant...
Less Notice! More Forms! End of eviction ban!
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...
Eviction stay and 6 months notice requirement extended
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...
Permission 1 – refused: date of notice
Elias v Spencer [2010] EWCA Civ 246 [Not on Bailii yet] This was a permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal hearing. The issue was the date given in a s.21 Housing Act 1988 notice on an assured shorthold tenancy. The notice stated that possession was...
Pick a date, any date
It might be a small thing next to the likes of Weaver v L&Q, but Hussain v Bradford Community Housing Limited & Kauser [2009] EWCA Civ 763 is worth attention on a technical point. Hussain had a weekly periodic tenancy has joint tenant with Kauser. The weekly...