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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 want 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 an outright possession…

• Harassment and illegal evictions

  It’s a crime for your landlord to harass you or try to force you out of a…

The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences

Information for landlords in England on tenant eviction: assured shorthold tenancies, including eviction notices, Section 21, Section 8, accelerated possession, possession orders, bailiffs

• Overview

  You must follow strict procedures if you want your tenants to leave your…

• Section 21 and Section 8 notices

  You can evict tenants who have an assured shorthold tenancy using a…

• Standard possession orders

  You can use the possession claim online service if you want to get your…

• Accelerated possession orders

  You can apply for an accelerated possession order if your tenants have not…

• Possession hearings and orders

  The judge could decide to make an order, or that a hearing is needed.…

• Eviction notices and bailiffs

  You can ask the court for a ‘warrant for possession’ if your tenants: do…

• Harassment and illegal evictions

  It’s a crime to harass or try to force your tenants out of a property…

The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.

How to take court action to repossess a property or evict a tenant if you're owed money for rent or a mortgage

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.

Application form ADV1: registration of a person in adverse possession.

Guidance for landlords who wish to gain possession of their property.

• Updated: 11 February 2016

The legal process of home repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs

Form ST1: Statement of truth in support of an application for registration based upon adverse possession.