Bailiffs suffer seizure
The Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction and Taking Control of Goods) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1290) came into force on 17 November 2020. They generally stop in England residential evictions and even delivery of a residential notice of eviction (so effectively no eviction appointments) until 11 January 2021 and taking control of goods by bailiffs and enforcement agents until the end of the current national lockdown. They do not stay current possession proceedings or prevent the institution of new possession proceedings.
Exemptions to the eviction stoppage are orders made * under CPR 55.6 against trespassers who have been unnamed (that’s better but can a named trespasser be ousted with the unnamed trespassers laughing their heads off?), * wholly or partly on the grounds of anti-social behaviour, nuisance, false statements or domestic abuse in social tenancies, * on the ground of the equivalent of at least nine months’ rent outstanding but with any arrears having accrued since 23 March 2020 being disregarded and * wholly
