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Tenancy Tribunal case 5398489 — Tenancy dispute
Decided 20 Jan 2026 · Published 20 Jan 2026 · Application 5398489
Party names are redacted in the official published order. This page summarises the dispute only — not individual identities.
At a glance
Key facts from the published tribunal order.
Adjudicator
N Maplesden
Claims & awards
What this tenancy cost at tribunal — claim, category, amount, and party awarded, with reconciled net total.
No individual claim amounts were reconciled for this order. View the official Ministry of Justice PDF for full detail.
Order
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the Landlord and Tenant names and identifying details.
- The tenancy of [The tenant/s] at [Tenancy address suppressed] is terminated, and possession is granted to [The landlord/s], immediately.
Reasons
- The landlord’s representatives attended the hearing held by video conference today.
- The landlord has applied for an order to terminate the tenancy because the sole tenant has died.
- The landlord says there are no details of a personal representative or next of kin available, so this application has been made without notice.
- Section 50A of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA) says that if a sole tenant dies, the tenancy agreement terminates on the earliest of the following dates:- a. the date that is the 21st day after the date on which the personal representative of the tenant or a person who is the tenant’s next of kin gives the landlord written notice of the death of the tenant: b. the date that is the 21st day after the landlord gives the personal representative of the tenant or a person who is the tenant’s next of kin written notice to vacate the premises that are the subject of the tenancy agreement: c. the date that is agreed in writing by the landlord with the personal representative of the tenant or with a person who is the tenant’s next of kin: d. the date determined as the termination date of the tenancy agreement by the Tribunal on the application of the landlord.
- If a landlord is unable to give a notice under subsection (1)(b), the landlord may apply, without notice, to the Tribunal for an order to terminate the tenancy.
- The landlord says it was notified of the tenant’s death by a social services agency who assisted the tenant from time to time.
- I was provided with a certified copy of the tenant’s death certificate which records the date of his death as 24 November 2025.
- The landlord could not give a notice to vacate or terminate the tenancy because the tenant has no known next of kin and no personal representative acting for the tenant’s estate.
- I agree to make an order terminating the tenancy effective immediately and without notice.
- The Tribunal may suppress the names of any party. There is no reason known to me for any public interest in this order and I suppress the names of the landlord and the late tenant in the interests of their privacy.