For a period of 90 days, commencing on 27 March 2020, the following are stayed:
All proceedings for possession brought under CPR Part 55.
All proceedings seeking to enforce an order for possession by a warrant or writ of possession.
The PD update stays both residential and non-residential possession proceedings and includes mortgage possession proceedings, as well as proceedings against squatters.
Claims for injunctive relief are not subject to the stay.
The PD update ceases to have effect from 30 October 2020.