Lawyers for Enforcing Possession Orders

Are you a landlord struggling to regain control of your property from a non-compliant tenant?

If so, our Solicitors for Enforcing Possession on a Property can help. We specialise in securing possession orders and enforcing them through court bailiffs, ensuring that your rights as a property owner are upheld every step of the way.

These services are essential to get right in residential property management. Incorrect drafting/processes may mean that the landlord is unable to obtain possession and/or arrears and other costs from their tenant.

Landlords cannot legally evict residential tenants unless they have obtained a court order for possession. Once a landlord does have a Possession Order, if the tenant doesn’t move out, that Possession Order ought to be enforced by bailiffs.

We will apply for the “Warrant”, that is the Court’s authorisation and direction to its officers, to enforce the possession order on your behalf; our fee does not include any subsequent litigation support work that may be required, that we will supply at our standard time rates.

Please note that this applies to English properties only. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 will come into force on 15 July 2022. This Act will fundamentally change the current system for letting residential property in Wales.

Landlords cannot legally evict residential tenants unless they have obtained a court order for possession. If a tenant fails to vacate the property after a possession order has been granted, it is essential to take the next step and enforce the order. This involves applying for a warrant of possession, which authorises court bailiffs to remove the tenant from the property.

Our team can handle this process for you, ensuring the application is completed accurately and efficiently. Enforcing a possession order involves specific legal procedures, and errors in the process can delay enforcement or lead to additional costs. By working with experienced solicitors, you can rest assured that the process is managed properly.

The timeline for enforcing a possession order varies depending on the court and bailiff availability. Generally, the process for obtaining a warrant of possession can take around seven weeks.

This includes:

• Drafting and submitting the warrant application to the court, which we aim to complete promptly upon instruction.
• Court processing times, which typically take about two weeks.
• Scheduling the bailiff’s enforcement date, which is often at least four weeks from the time the warrant is issued. However, this can vary depending on how busy the court bailiffs are at the time.

The production of the application for the warrant can be undertake in about an hour once we can schedule it in our workflow, that can depend on how busy we are at any particular time.

After this, the application has to be sent to the Court for the Court to process, they often take about a fortnight to do so. Once issued, the date on which the warrant will actually be enforced depends on how busy the Court bailiffs are at a particular time.The date is rarely less than a month after issue, and can be considerably more at busy times.

Our solicitors will keep you informed throughout and ensure the process is as seamless as possible.

Your supplier is SRA-regulated Mounteney Solicitors, that charges VAT some customers may be able to reclaim

We charge £350 + VAT = £420 for arranging to enforce a Possession Order with a warrant and bailiff’s visit. There is an additional fee for Court, and for the Court Bailiff. A guide to civil court fees can be found here.

There is more about our fees on our website.

If you have any questions, require any further information, or would like to engage us (that will be on the T’s & C’s that are linked, “Our Terms”, in the footer, below) please don’t hesitate to Contact Us.