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Knowledge Base arrow Possession Issues arrow Termination of assured and assured shorthold tenancies arrow Only courts have authority to evict

Question Title: Only courts have authority to evict

Question:
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- One of the landlords for whom I manage property wants to change the locks on a flat where he believes that the tenant has done a ‘runner’. Can he do this?
Answer:
He would have to be very certain that the tenant had actually surrendered the tenancy. Only the courts have the authority to enforce the landlord’s right to get his property back from a residential tenant. In a recent case, a landlord changed the locks when he believed that a tenant had deserted a flat owing substantial rent arrears, but he was charged with unlawful eviction when the tenant returned three days later and was unable to gain access.
References: Pages: Hyperlinks:
Letting Update Journal Jan 1998 page 15 letting-update-journal.html
Letting Handbook Chapter 12 letting-handbook-and-factsheets.html

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