This information applies to Assured Shorthold Tenancies. If a landlord wants an assured shorthold tenant to move out at the end of an agreed term, he must give written notice of not less than 2 months that he is seeking possession of the property. If the landlord does not provide this notice, you are not obliged to leave the property until you have been given such notice and it has expired. Before End of the Tenancy Landlords who want a tenant to leave before the agreed term has expire must follow the correct procedures. Failure to do so will mean that landlord has illegally evicted his tenant and the tenant can take legal action to be reinstated in the property and seek compensation.
Landlords can recover the costs of eviction proceedings from the tenant.
Landlords cannot seek possession of a property durin g the first 6 months of a tenancy unless there has been a serious breach of the contract. There are 8 mandatory ground for possession. There are 9 discretionary grounds for possession. If the landlord can prove that one of these grounds applies and the court is satisfied that it is reasonable for the tenant to be evicted, the court can grant the landlord outright possession and the tenant will have to leave. Alternatively the court can grant a suspended possession order on condition that the tenant keeps to the terms imposed by the court, e.g. to pay off rent arrears.