Courts Failing To Follow Rules In Housing Cases

Courts across the country are failing to follow their own rules when it comes to the speed of dealing with repossession cases. According to the civil procedure rules which provide a code to ensure courts deal with cases justly, the courts are expected to ensure cases are “dealt with expeditiously and fairly”. The rules show that from a landlord making a claim through the courts to repossess a property to it actually happening should be around nine weeks. The government’s statistics however show that it is taking over 22 weeks. Read more on the RLA website.

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