The court will send your tenants a copy of the application.

Your tenants have 14 days to challenge the application, from the date they receive it.

A judge will decide either to:

• issue a possession order that states your tenants must leave the property (this is normally the case)have a court hearing (this usually only happens if the paperwork is not in order or your tenants raise an important issue)
• Even if there’s a hearing, the court can still decide to issue a possession order.

If your tenants are in an exceptionally difficult situation the judge may give them up to 6 weeks.