Court fees levied on landlords are rising 10% from Wednesday - the result of a consultation process held shortly before Christmas.
The charges are rising across a range of court activities but landlords are likely to be hit mostly by these increases:
- A warrant of possession, which will rise from £130 to £143;
- Enforcing a money judgement, which will go up from £119 to £131; and
- Making a possession claim in the county court, up from £355 to £391.
This fee increase has been justified on the basis that CPI has risen by 17% since fees were last increased in 2021.
Court processes involving landlords have been the subject of hefty criticism in recent times and the delay in implementing the ban on Section 21 evictions hinges on a substantial improvement in the speed and effectiveness of possession cases.
The government says the fees rise will ultimately raise up to £37m to invest in the court service - although it will take many months before the increased charges produce enough to improve the system.
His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service says the rises are justified as they are the first since September 2021; future rises will be implemented every two years.
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Boiling the frog , bit by bit until eventually its no longer financially viable to be the prs due the many ‘hidden costs’
Won’t apply to the big boys though…
They are slowly turning the screws 😡😡
That will stop you going to Court to get your property back, just add a couple of grand + VAT to be legally represented or you are wasting your time. They are missing the point there shouldn’t be any requirement for us to go to Court to get our property back and why are Tenants given the right to force us to take Court Action costing us thousands for no reason other than we voluntarily provided housing to people who rented it of their own Will.
The RENTERS REFORM BILL had over 200 amendments could they not add another one that shouldn’t be a requirement, Ban no Fault Court Cases
I am thinking of becoming a student landlord as students naturally move on. Ben Beagle will find he has more competition in the future as I am sure other landlords will do the same.
Labour said during the recent Parliamentary debate concerning student lets, that they would be keeping the right to end student tenancies under review.
You could include a cleaner to be on the safe side, Margaret.
Firstly we should not have to go to court in the first place. But as we do, there should be a fast efficient service if they want to charge us for it!!
Milking the landlord cash cow.
Nothing left to 'refurbish', as the management companies would have us do so that they can still get their pound of flesh without any of the cost or consequences!
And to think the majority of landlords will still vote for Tories or Reform at the next election, resulting in more of the same (but just not at the same pace that Labour will hammer you). We get what we vote for.
Anyone notice our comments have been removed from the “ Khan/Mould storyline. ?
Yes, Kim Jon Norwood does this regularly.
Yes, Khan’ proposal is a short step away from open Gov surveillance. An outright attack on privacy and will only escalate the LL exodus.
Yes. Not sure why. What happened to free speech?
I identify as a landlord and I wanted to be recognised!
And how much is he investing in an education programme to educate tenants on how to avoid damp and mould? A big fat zero
We really need a device that will indicate the source of the problem in the first place and who is to blame and then suggest a solution
I've said for years we need a Tenant Register. Good Tenants would have no problem with this and it would allow LL to see better who they are letting their properties to.
Have you ever considered what happens to all the Tenants from Hell once a LL manages to finally evict them? They just move on to some other poor unsuspecting LL. The system is bonkers.
Agree, and it only needs to be voluntary. Once you have a group of good tenants registered then landlords can just choose tenants from this group, knowing their history.
Come on someone, it can't be that hard to setup a website for this. You could even charge landlords a small fee, plus advertising. You could collaborate with a rent guarantee insurance company providing cheap insurance as their would be less risk from this group of tenants. should be able to make a business model from this.
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