Stay on evictions now on a legal footing in England

A couple of months ago the Government announced that there would be a stay on evictions over the Christmas period in England and Wales. This period was and is defined as 11 December 2020 to 11 January 2021. Then when the Tier system came into place the Government...

Lockdown version 2 – the new health protection regulations

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No.4) Regulations 2020 were laid before Parliament today. They can be found here. They are made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. As in March the basis is the “you cannot leave your home...

Updated guidance regarding Coronavirus restrictions

The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government have been busy overnight and have now issued updated COVID-19 guidance for landlords, tenants and local authorities and new guidance for understanding the possession action process in England and Wales. The...

Abandonment of a tenancy

This applies to England & Wales The Housing Act 1988 says that a tenancy can only be brought to an end by the landlord obtaining, and enforcing, a court order or “a surrender or other action on the part of the tenant”. Although the Housing and Planning Act...