Updated gov.uk guide to possession process, England & Wales

[theartfullodger]

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...ession-process





Thank you nearly legal on twit-ter

[MdeB]

Some of it doesn't sound right to me

You should bear in mind that, in an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, a tenant has a minimum of 6 months’ security. This means that the court will not make a possession order which takes effect before the tenancy has been in place for 6 months.

S7(6) HA 1988 appears to say otherwise.

If a landlord wishes to serve a new notice in order to take advantage of the new shorter notice periods required for certain serious cases, they should, where they are issuing a new notice of the same type, withdraw the first notice before they serve a new notice.

Is it possible to withdraw a notice?

[theartfullodger]

I have no expectation this government would get things right. There's acres of evidence they get things wrong. Worst government in my 72 years

[jpkeates]

Is it possible to withdraw a notice?

I don't think there's anything specific that says you can't.
So, on the basis that anything not forbidden is allowed, possibly.

If you said to a tenant, ignore the notice I sent to you, I don't plan to act on it, you'd expect that the tenant should be able to rely on that.

[theartfullodger]

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Is it possible to withdraw a notice?

I think landlord can choose which of (say) valid 21 or s8 notices they take forward to court, if court will permit.