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Possession orders

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Solicitors' Journal ; 150(10) 17 March 2006, 323-326(3)Publication details: 2006Subject(s): Summary: Considers the problems posed by the making of suspended possession orders in the light of the decision in "Ealing LBC v Richardson" ([2005] EWCA 1798, unreported) when the CA allowed the defendant to stay in her home despite having breached the terms of a suspended possession order made nine years earlier. Outlines a series of steps that can be taken to prevent this state of affairs, covering matters up to the making of a possession order, after an order has been made, and the situation if judgment is suspended.

Considers the problems posed by the making of suspended possession orders in the light of the decision in "Ealing LBC v Richardson" ([2005] EWCA 1798, unreported) when the CA allowed the defendant to stay in her home despite having breached the terms of a suspended possession order made nine years earlier. Outlines a series of steps that can be taken to prevent this state of affairs, covering matters up to the making of a possession order, after an order has been made, and the situation if judgment is suspended.