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Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court.

• Rules your landlord must follow

  Your landlord must follow strict procedures if they need you to leave…

• Accelerated possession

  Landlords can sometimes evict tenants using ‘accelerated possession’. This…

• Eviction court hearings

  If your landlord goes to court to evict you, there will be a ‘possession…

• Eviction notices

  If you do not leave your home by the date given in a possession order,…

• Harassment and illegal evictions

  It is a crime for your landlord to harass you or try to remove you from a…

Tax and customs on personal belongings when you move to the UK permanently or temporarily - shipping, tax and duty

Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 19 May 2026

Find out how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.

• Updated: 12 November 2025

Private renting as a tenant - repairs, rent increases and arrears, settling disputes, deposits and your rights and responsibilities.

Find out how to send parcels from Great Britain to private individuals in Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 1 May 2025

How to rent privately, including your rights and responsibilities.

• Updated: 24 March 2025

• Updated: 14 May 2026

Find out how to move your personal belongings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 26 October 2021

The review includes examples from Uruguay, Chile, Turkey, India, Brazil and Iran

• Updated: 15 August 2019