Accelerated counterclaim

13 February 2015

Issue: 7640 / Categories: Case law , Judicial line , In Court

Can accelerated possession proceedings be utilised to advance a counterclaim for a deposit penalty where the issue is whether the tenant’s deposit was protected when the landlord served a notice under s 21 of the Housing Act 1988?

Yes. There is a small practical difficulty, however, in that CPR 55.14 provides for the relevant defence to the claim to be in form N11B which does not include a section for a counterclaim. The counterclaim should be separately produced and it would be prudent for the form and the counterclaim to be stapled together when filed.

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Accelerated counterclaim

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