UK Landlord Forum / Life

I took my tenant to court for rent arrears for repossesion.
He presented the rent book with my forged signature. I obviously said that signature was not mine.
The judge ordered him to file a defence (with details of those forged payments) and in case he didnt (which he didnt of course) then:

-The claimant may request the court to list the possession claim on 48 hrs notice

What does that mean?

Courts usually hear many cases in a block booking as set out in a possession list.  It seems if your buddy the tenant doesn't come up
with required defence then your case can be heard (but you need to give 48 hour notice) and I suspect you'll get the possession order (but I am inferring an awful lot from a brief post)

Seems to me the  judge believed you but had to go through the usual process....(massive guess there)

Thanks for your reply. But giving 48 hrs to who?

"Seems to me the  judge believed you but had to go through the usual process..."  ya me too

If the tenant didn't file the defence then go to your Notice of Issue (letter from the court to you)... find the tear off slip requesting the possession order and return it to the court.