Tenancy, Common Law Tenancy (CLT)
- CLTs are not suitable for tenants who by law form an AST
- 3 or more unrelated people sharing and forming two or more households.
- CLTs are most suitable for most non ASTs:
- Non-ASTs - think of the acronym C.R.A.S.H. - H.E.L.P!
- Commercial / Business tenancies
- Resident Landlords
- Agricultural Land tenancies
- Student Letting (only if in Halls of Residence)
- Holiday Lettings
- High Rent Tenancies > 100K pa
- Elsewhere Low rent tenancies < £250 pa
- London Low rent tenancies < £1000 pa
- Protected Tenancies - pre 15 January 1989 (this is a unique tenancy which is neither a CLT nor an AST)
- Common Law rules apply to eviction and not AST rules.
- S.8 and S21 notices are not available for evicting CLT tenants.
Published: 11 November 2013
Last Updated: 17 November 2021