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In England and Wales, a Section 8 notice, [1] also known as a Section 8 notice to quit or Form 3, is a notice required to be given in England and Wales by the landlord to the tenant of an assured tenancy or assured shorthold tenancy who wishes to obtain a possession order from the court, thereby ending the tenancy, for a reason based on a circumstance entitling the landlord to possession under ...
If the tenancy is periodic, it will only come to an end either by an order of the court or by surrender by the tenant. If the tenancy is a fixed-term tenancy, it may be ended either by the effluxion of time [ n 3 ] automatically expiring, with no need to serve any notice, at the end of the fixed term [ 9 ] or, if the tenancy agreement gives the ...
A council house can only have one succession unless a tenancy document grants more. [2] If an inherited council house is too large for an individual's needs, then a tenant can also be evicted for under-occupation, although the council would have to provide suitable alternative accommodation. [2]
In England and Wales, a section 21 notice, also known as a section 21 notice of possession or a section 21 eviction, is a notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, [1] that a landlord must give to their tenant to begin the process to take possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy without providing a reason for wishing to take possession.
Security of tenure exists for business tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 56). It was abolished for most residential properties by the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50). However, it remains for some people who live in council houses. Protection from Eviction Act 1977 (c. 43) Assured tenancy; Assured shorthold tenancy
A break clause is a term in a contract that allows early termination of the contract before the default end date. In accordance with English property law, such clauses are typical in tenancy agreements, so as to allow a tenancy to come to an end before the end date stated in the agreement. [1]
The assured shorthold tenancy (AST) is the default legal category of residential tenancy in England and Wales.It is a form of assured tenancy with limited security of tenure, which was introduced by the Housing Act 1988 [n 1] and saw an important default provision and a widening of its definition made by the Housing Act 1996.
The reason for the introduction of the Act was not as might be assumed to help the existing private residential landlords who were in 1985 obliged by law to have regulated tenancies; their regulated tenancies gave all tenants a tenancy for life that they could pass onto other occupants in the home when they died, rents were set typically 50% of market value, they could not be re-mortgaged ...