Tenant Eviction Services

We can assist landlords and letting agents within England and Wales with drafting eviction notices, court documents such as claim form and particulars of claim and the court hearing bundle (including your witness statement, certificate of services and exhibits).

Naheed has attended hundreds of tenant eviction hearings (known as "possession proceedings") during her career, as a leading County Court Advocate and is a specialist who takes a pragmatic approach with legal drafting and in understanding what the court requires or foreseeing possible issues in a case. She has represented thousands of clients across the country and has also freelanced for Keith Jeffreys Solicitors and SJV Solicitors. 

After the proceedings are lodged with the court, if a Defendant or their instructing Solicitors lodge a Defence and/or Counterclaim, any future court paperwork should ideally, be completed by SRA regulated Solicitors. Solicitors will be able to prepare your Replies to the Defence and Counterclaim. Please scroll down to see the section titled "Defended Claims" for more information.

What our tenant eviction service includes:

What makes us unique is that you have full online access to your case papers so you can keep up to date with your case, at any time convenient to you. This allows us to provide an online legal drafting service that is efficient, transparent and at low cost. We offer the most competitive fees in the market with the highest standards in terms of quality and customer service.

Naheed understands communication with clients is crucial and so we offer the below, as part of our tenant eviction services if you require the full service of notices and court proceedings to be drafted on your behalf:

• 1 x 30 minute initial Microsoft Teams video meeting or telephone call.
• 1 x 30 minute telephone call preparing the court bundle.
• 1 x 15 minute telephone call pre-hearing.
• Update emails and letters.
• Access to your private Google folder drive to view all documents online and to see what work has been done on the case (viewing is via a web link sent to the client). This folder will be a viewing only feature and can only be amended by Naheed Zafar. Our fees can be found here.

Advocacy:

We will be able to instruct freelance Advocates using our preferred Advocacy Solicitors who have a team of County Court Advocates that can attend hearings across England and Wales at a fixed fee.

Please note: You will still remain as a "Litigant in Person" on the court record even if an Advocate attends your initial possession hearing on your behalf. Naheed Zafar and our instructed Advocacy Solicitors cannot provide legal representation and will not be able to go on the court record, formally. However, we can help you draft and issue your proceedings paperwork and arrange an Advocate (where required) for the initial possession hearing to help you manage your case confidently without needing a Solicitor. 

Defended Claims

We cannot draft your Reply to the Defence and Counterclaim, as we feel these court documents should be drafted by a specialist Solicitors firm, given the amount of preparation required and complexities that can arise in contested claims. They may also be able to provide you with legal representation at trial at an additional cost. 

It is important to point out that not all cases are contested by Defendants and many may either fail to attend the hearing or accept that that they will be evicted from the property and agree to vacate. Some Defendants might seek exceptional hardship to prolong the possession date for up to six weeks of the date of the hearing, which is strictly the District Judge's discretion. Such hardship must be considered "exceptional" otherwise the usual possession order will be for 14 days.

A smaller percentage of cases will however, be defended and are likely to proceed to case management and even a trial. Most Defendants are likely to be legally represented by Solicitors and some may choose to act as a Litigant in Person.

It is your decision which firm of Solicitors you choose to instruct to prepare your Reply to a Defence and Counterclaim and there are many specialist landlord eviction Solicitors within England and Wales. We would suggest taking a number of quotes to see which one is more affordable for you. Some may be able to provide legal representation at trial for a fixed fee.

NB: You are entitled to draft the Reply to the Defence and CounterClaim yourself. However, we would always suggest that you consider taking Solicitors' legal advice before preparing these documents to ensure full legal compliance. This is so that you do not run the risk of having your claim struck out or dismissed.