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[jpkeates]

Yes, but you can't use the accelerated s21 route.



Googe "money claim online" - the cost depends on the amount claimed, but likely to be between £100 and £200 (which you add to the amount claimed)....

[jpkeates]

Don't ever use recorded delivery (or whatever it's called now) as the recipient can decline to sign for it, or, if they're not in when the postman calls, it simply goes to a sorting office and a card gets pushed through the door.
If the recipient doesn't collect it, it's returned and there is...

[jpkeates]

I would suggest that you retain someone who specialises in eviction as you clearly don't know what you're doing if you want to evict them.

You are able to serve notice where there is no tenancy agreement, but issuing one and losing it is about as stupid / unlucky as things get.
You're...

[jpkeates]

https://landlordlawblog.co.uk/2020/0...ected-deposit/...

[jpkeates]

You can't serve a valid s21 notice without returning the deposit first.
But unless you plan to serve one, I don't see any particular benefit in returning it early.

You'd normally be liable for a penalty for not protecting it, but, the prevailing theory is that this would have timed...

[jpkeates]

The tenant has to be given the Prescribed information and given the opportunity to sign it.
You can't make someone sign a document.

I post them two copies with a stamped envelope and ask them to sign and return one of them.
About 50% success rate.

[jpkeates]

Have there been any subsequent tenancy agreements or did the tenancy simply go periodic?

[jpkeates]

I'm convinced the reason that lockdown is so mentally demoralising is, at least in part, because everyone has to deal with the fact that "I don't have time" stops being a viable excuse - even to ourselves.

[jpkeates]

In a joint tenancy, there's legally only one tenant, so things you have to give to the tenant can be given to any one person.
Normally, the GSC is a copy left in the property itself, so it's available to anyone.

The prescribed information for the tenancy deposit has everyone's name...

[jpkeates]

That's the deadline for any self assessment tax return.
Have a look at Mrs Mug's link for PAYE specific information....

[jpkeates]

Apologies, not my intention!

And online is December 30th, not January 31st....

[jpkeates]

I can't work out if the agent is an idiot or a crook....

[jpkeates]

I'm not sure HMRC will be that sympathetic.
For most self assessed tax, HMRC want payment on account in advance, so you'd not only pay your 2019/20 tax, they'll want 2020/21's tax on account as well (which is simply adjusted by your actual tax return for the tax year.

HMRC shouldn't...

[jpkeates]

It's not just when they (the current tenants) moved in, they could have inherited the tenancy from a relative and have significant additional protections than conventional AST tenants.

[jpkeates]

I'm not trying to be argumentative for the sake of it, but it is definitely illegal (in England and Wales at least).

It's a trespass to goods (Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977)
If you throw the letters away, use the contents or damage the contents, it's probably conversion,...

[jpkeates]

Glad it's not just me.

I have a feeling it's never been decided, hence the need for the Postal Rule for contracts.
But I have no authority for that either.

The problem in these circumstances - a letter to a previous inhabitant - is that most of the information on the...

[jpkeates]

Could you please clarify who you mean by LA.
Those initials could stand for letting agent or local authority,

If your letting agent is suggesting renting a property to a tenant without credit checking or referencing them, cease doing business with them immediately.

[jpkeates]

The downside is that, I imagine, fairly often, the landlord thinks that there's no chance of actually collecting anything and doesn't bother with enforcement, possibly thinking the ccj is "enough",

I'm sure it used to be the case that you could simply ask the court to register...

[jpkeates]

That has always been the case for orders made during possession hearings.
No idea why....

[jpkeates]

Other than the postal rule, could you point me at a source to support this?

This isn't particularly relevant to this thread, it's been something that's fascinated since it was a discussion while I was studying law that was inconclusive.
That was a while ago, but it's bothered me off...