Courts: Coronavirus

(asked on 3rd November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

What steps HM Courts and Tribunals Service is taking to tackle the backlog of landlord and tenant cases.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 3rd November 2020

At the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Government took unprecedented action to protect tenants from eviction by ensuring no one could be evicted from their homes as a result of the pandemic.

The Master of the Rolls working party, of which HMCTS are members, has introduced robust measures to ensure that HMCTS can deal with the backlog of cases to provide access to justice for landlords while protecting the most vulnerable.

These arrangements include improvement in the signposting and guidance for landlords and tenants, the introduction of a review process to allow early engagement between parties and provisions for possession hearings to take place in a safe way.

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