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If someone is occupying your property without consent, use this form to ask the court for a possession order that the person or people leave within 24 hours.
The legal process of repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs
Find out if a claim of ownership by adverse possession can be made on common land and town or village greens, what effect it will have on the land and whether a claim can be opposed.
Eviction of council or housing association tenants: grounds for eviction, notice period, and what a court can decide
Information for landlords in England on tenant eviction: assured shorthold tenancies, including eviction notices, Section 21, Section 8, accelerated possession, possession orders, bailiffs
Form CH47: Possession order against trespassers.
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