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Any firm or solicitors offering a specialist eviction service can operate under a Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) licence. However, if they operate without an SRA licence they will not have the legal authority to complete many parts of the process. This has created a grey area into which many unlicensed firms, many calling themselves ‘lawyers’ have leapt offering cut-price services that often fail to deliver the same level of service or competencies as a licenced operati

The risks associated with illegal eviction missed rent payments and possible damage to your property if tenant eviction is badly handled are significantly reduced by paying for professional advice or services. Accuracy is critical. Landlords won’t find a more accurate service. Generally using Section-21 or Section-8, both follow a three-step procedure. About half of all tenants leave at Step 1. Step 1 – Serve Notice: We would highly recommend you consider personal service o

New golden rules to sustain tenancies in the rental housing market have been published ahead of the courts beginning to hear possession cases from the 21st September: Click Here The rules, drafted by the National Residential Landlords Association, form a central part of measures announced by the Government to ensure courts can start to process possession cases following a six-month ban. The document published today provides practical advice and support to sustain tenancies wher

Amy Hughes, Housing Expert at Citizens Advice, shares the top five ‘need-to-knows’ for renters in England worried about staying in their home. Find out where you are in the process: “If your landlord wants to evict you from your privately rented home there are three stages they’ll have to go through. First, they’ll need to serve you with a notice. When this expires, they need to go to court to get a possession order, and finally apply for a bailiff visit to evict you. Itâ

Businesses will be protected from the threat of eviction until the end of year, providing commercial tenants with greater security, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced. The government will also extend the restriction on landlords using Commercial Rents Arrears Recovery to enforce unpaid rent on commercial leases...

I have a flat to rent and had an enquiry from a single lady (with son aged 13) who will be working, but whose rent will be topped up by the DWP. All of my tenants to date in the area have never worked at all...

Personalised Professional Advice on Evicting Tenants available from Landlord Action The risks associated with illegal eviction missed rent payments and possible damage to your property if tenant eviction is badly handled are significantly reduced by paying for professional advice or services....

Proposals by the Mayor of London for rent controls in the capital would be a disaster for tenants. As Sadiq Khan once again seeks the powers to introduce them, the National Residential Landlords Association is pointing to a report published by The Treasury in 2010 under the last Labour Government...