We advise on all types of residential landlord and tenant matters. Our work often includes the following.
Possession proceedings for assured tenancies
- Advising on the grounds for possession under the Housing Act 1988, as amended by the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and on the notices required
- Preparing, issuing and serving possession claims
- Enforcing possession orders
The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 has made the most significant changes to private renting in a generation, including the end of Section 21 “no-fault” evictions, periodic tenancies as standard and revised grounds for possession. We advise landlords and agents on what the changes mean for existing and new tenancies.
Possession proceedings for other residential tenancies
- Serving notice in accordance with the tenancy agreement or at common law
- Preparing, issuing and serving possession claims
- Enforcing possession orders
Enforcement of leasehold obligations
- Reviewing and interpreting the lease
- Recovering service charges, ground rent and insurance contributions from leaseholders
- Serving notices requiring a breach to be remedied, including notices under Section 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925
- Preparing, issuing and serving claims, including applications to the First-tier Tribunal for a determination that a breach has occurred
- Forfeiture, and advising leaseholders on relief from forfeiture
- Enforcing the resulting orders
Deposit protection claims
- Examining the tenancy to establish whether the landlord complied with the tenancy deposit regulations
- Pre-claim correspondence and negotiation
- Issuing and defending claims for the return of deposits and statutory penalties
Who we act for
Our clients include individual landlords, freeholders and management companies with portfolios of all sizes, and the managing agents who look after them. We work closely with our leasehold enfranchisement team where a dispute arises in the course of a lease extension or freehold claim.