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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.
Your landlord must follow strict procedures if they need you to leave…
Landlords can sometimes evict tenants using ‘accelerated possession’. This…
If your landlord goes to court to evict you, there will be a ‘possession…
If you do not leave your home by the date given in a possession order,…
It is a crime for your landlord to harass you or try to remove you from a…
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 Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
Squatting is when someone deliberately enters property without permission…
A non-residential property is any building or land that is not designed to…
A long-term squatter can become the registered owner of property or land…
HM Land Registry will tell you if squatters apply for legal ownership of…
You can remove squatters using an interim possession order (IPO) or making…
You may be classed as homeless if you’re squatting. Get advice from…
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
How to take court action to repossess a property or evict a tenant if you're owed money for rent or a mortgage
Guidance on what happens when your landlord gives you notice on or after 1 May to leave your home and the court and eviction process if you do not leave.
Possessing or publishing pornography depicting incest or adults pretending to be children to be criminalised and tech execs could be held liable.
This guide covers what happens when your landlord gives you notice before 1 May 2026 to leave your home and the court and evictions process if you do not leave.
Guidance for landlords who wish to gain possession of their property.
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.
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