Errors in a s. 21 notice, such as use of the wrong form and also the wrong date, are too serious for the court to be able to consider them effective notice.
The landlord served a notice of protected shorthold tenancy (s. 52 Housing Act 1980) on the tenant in May 1990, and the notice referred to the landlord’s intention to grant the tenant a fixed term tenancy of one year from 1st June 1990 to 31st May 1991. The tenant actually moved into the premises in July 1990, and the written agreement given to the tenant a month after that referred to a fixed term of one year commencing on 1st September 1990. The landlord brought possession proceedings relying on a s. 21 notice. The judge
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