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10 March 2017 / Tracy Bird
Issue: 7737 / Categories: Features , Landlord&tenant , Property
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Digital possession claims in arrears

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The Possession Online Claims system is in urgent need of a digital makeover, as Tracy Bird explains

  • Revision of the entire Possession Claim Online (PCOL) system is long overdue.
  • Part 36 offers & digital bundles.

The judgment in Cardiff City Council v Lee (Flowers) [2016] EWCA Civ 1034, [2016] All ER (D) 163 (Oct) last October firmly established that in respect of applications to enforce suspended possession orders, a landlord will need to seek permission of the court to enforce possession orders by way of a warrant. Much has been said as regards the implications of this case for the purposes of a landlord’s procedural obligations upon a breach, however this article seeks to look at the practicalities for practitioners in light of the N325A form being issued, namely that manual processes now need to be followed in order to lodge these documents, thereby presenting the case for a long overdue revision to the entire Possession Claim Online (PCOL) system.

From the outset I should clarify my view point that the

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