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The Court of Appeal held that failure to give a pre-occupation gas safety certificate was fatal to section 21 notices, despite later certificates and renewed tenancies.
Muca v El Amrani [2026] EWCA Civ 515 (30 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal held that section 21A barred section 21 notices where landlords had not given tenants pre-occupation gas safety certificates, despite later certificates.
The Court of Appeal held that pre-2019 tenancy fees did not bar a section 21 notice for a later tenancy, because no new prohibited payment was required under the Tenant Fees Act 2019.
Cabinet Office, R (On the Application Of) v Chair of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry [2023] EWHC 1702 (Admin) (06 July 2023)
The High Court held that a broad section 21 notice under the Inquiries Act 2005 was valid, even if it could capture some irrelevant documents.
Minister v Hathaway & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 936 (23 June 2021)
The Court of Appeal held that an EPC was not required before serving the section 21 notice on this pre-October 2015 tenancy, so the possession notice was valid.
The Court of Appeal considered whether a landlord’s late provision of a gas safety record could cure a breach affecting section 21 possession proceedings.
Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield [2020] EWCA Civ 760 (18 June 2020)
Court of Appeal considered whether late service of a gas safety record can cure a section 21 defect. Majority held it can, and remitted timing of service.
Livewest Homes Limited (Formerly Known As Laverty Limited) v Sarah Bamber [2019] EWCA Civ 1174 (10 July 2019)
The Court of Appeal held that section 21(1B) Housing Act 1988 applies only when a fixed term AST expires by effluxion of time, not when ended early by a break clause.
Livewest Homes Ltd v Bamber [2018] EWHC 2454 (QB) (27 September 2018)
The High Court dismissed a tenant’s appeal, holding that Housing Act 1988 section 21(1B) did not require six months’ notice where a starter-period break clause was exercised.
Charalambous & Anor v NG & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 1604 (16 December 2014)
The Court of Appeal held that an unprotected tenancy deposit barred service of a section 21 notice, even though the deposit was paid before the statutory regime began.
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