F1PART 56LANDLORD AND TENANT CLAIMS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ABOUT LAND

I–LANDLORD AND TENANT CLAIMS

F2Claims for a new tenancy under section 24 and for the termination of a tenancy under section 29(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 195456.3

(1)

This rule applies to a claim for a new tenancy under section 24 and to a claim for the termination of a tenancy under section 29(2) of the 1954 Act.

(2)

In this rule—

(a)

“the 1954 Act” means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(b)

“an unopposed claim” means a claim for a new tenancy under section 24 of the 1954 Act in circumstances where the grant of a new tenancy is not opposed;

(c)

“an opposed claim” means a claim for—

(i)

a new tenancy under section 24 of the 1954 Act in circumstances where the grant of a new tenancy is opposed; or

(ii)

the termination of a tenancy under section 29(2) of the 1954 Act.

(3)

Where the claim is an unopposed claim—

(a)

the claimant must use the Part 8 procedure, but the following rules do not apply—

(i)

rule 8.5; and

(ii)

rule 8.6; F3and

F4(b)

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(c)

the court will give directions about the future management of the claim following receipt of the acknowledgment of service.

F5(4)

Where the claim is an opposed claim the claimant must use the Part 7 procedure.