Tenancy ceases to be assured

There is no equivalent to the abandonment procedure that exists under the Scottish secure tenancy regime. Where it is believed the tenant has left the property, there is a fairly common practice of terminating the contractual assured tenancy through a notice to quit and then repossessing the house without recourse to the courts. The argument for this is that no statutory assured tenancy has come into being due to the tenant's failure to 'retain possession of the house'. [1] However, the legality of this practice is questionable and best practice for landlords is apply to the tribunal for an order for repossession.