A fixed fee for each stage, so you only pay for what your case actually needs. Every case starts with an investigation of your paperwork - because that's what wins or loses possession claims.
Section 21 "no-fault" notices are gone. To regain possession you now need valid grounds under Section 8 - such as rent arrears (now three months' worth), selling the property, moving in yourself or a family member, or anti-social behaviour. Each ground has its own notice period and evidence requirements, and getting them wrong means starting again. We make sure your claim is built on the right grounds from day one.
No VAT is charged on our fees. Court fees are set by HM Courts & Tribunals Service and paid separately.
A basic investigation based on rent arrears grounds. We email you a list of the documents we need - tenancy agreement, deposit certificate, licence details, correspondence. You send them as PDFs. We review everything, then set out in writing your options, the risks, and the strategy we recommend - often followed up on the phone.
If your case is complex, or based on grounds other than rent arrears, we will refer you to our sister law firm.
Drafting, checking and serving statutory notices on your tenant on the correct Section 8 grounds, with the correct notice periods - or a Notice to Quit where the tenancy is not an assured tenancy.
We help you correctly plead, sign and issue your claim, and finalise your witness statement ready to file and serve. A specialist court advocate, instructed by solicitors, or a direct access barrister, attends the hearing to represent you - included in the fee. You can recover possession, a county court judgment for rent arrears, interest, daily use and occupation charges, and some costs.
Once you have a possession order, we prepare the application for county court bailiffs to regain possession of your property.
Bank transfer to LegalMentorCoUK Limited, HSBC, sort code 40-02-16, account 42035529, using the first line of the property address as your reference. No VAT.
Real cases we've handled for landlords. Details are anonymised.
The tenants were only using the property in the afternoons, one was paying no rent, sub-letting a room on Airbnb and damaging the communal parts of the property she shared with the landlord.
We served notice and structured the claim so possession was granted at the first hearing - meaning the tenants' late repair allegations (damage they had caused themselves) could not delay it. The landlord recovered the property and a county court judgment for over £6,000.
The tenant, a nurse, gave a series of excuses for unpaid rent. After we served notices, the landlords decided out of sympathy not to evict. Six months later, still unpaid, their mortgage company was threatening their own home, which secured the loan on the rental.
We served fresh notices, brought the claim and recovered the property, then helped the landlords apply for an Attachment of Earnings order so the debt is repaid monthly from the former tenant's salary.
A landlord bought a property believing it was properly licensed as a House in Multiple Occupation - but the licence was in the previous owner's name, making any notice invalid until it was fixed.
Our investigation caught the problem before a doomed claim was issued. We got the licensing corrected first, then served valid notices - avoiding months of wasted time and a struck-out claim.
Email us today and we'll send you the list of documents we need for your investigation.
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