[F1PART 55E+WPOSSESSION CLAIMS

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55.10—(1) This rule applies where a mortgagee seeks possession of land which consists of or includes residential property.

[F2(2) Within 5 days of receiving notification of the date of the hearing by the court, the claimant must send a notice to—

(a)the property, addressed to “the tenant or the occupier”; F3...

(b)the housing department of the local authority within which the property is located [F4; and]

[F5(c)any registered proprietor (other than the claimant) of a registered charge over the property.]]

(3) The notice referred to in [F6paragraph (2)(a)] must—

(a)state that a possession claim for the property has started;

(b)show the name and address of the claimant, the defendant and the court which issued the claim form; and

(c)give details of the hearing.

[F7(3A) The notice referred to in paragraph 2(b) must contain the information in paragraph (3) and must state the full address of the property.]

(4) The claimant must produce at the hearing—

(a)a copy of the [F8notices]; and

(b)evidence that [F9they have been sent].

[F10(4A) An unauthorised tenant of residential property may apply to the court for the order for possession to be suspended.]]

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