Boardwalk General Partnership v Teves

Tenant wins · London · 2025-10-14

Adjudicator

Karen Gonçalves

Dispute

Persistent Late Payment

Notice

Persistent late payment (N8)

Landlord

Boardwalk General Partnership

Tenant

M.T.

Landlord rep

Janice Dayrit

What happened

The Landlord applied to terminate the tenancy and evict the Tenant for persistent late payment of rent. The Landlord alleged that the Tenant paid rent late on several occasions between 2022 and 2023. The Tenant argued that her payment history had improved significantly after receiving the N8 notice and that some instances were due to health reasons. The Board considered whether the frequency of late payments over the duration of the tenancy met the legal definition of persistence.

The ruling

The Landlord's application to terminate the tenancy for persistent late payment is dismissed. The Board found that the Tenant's history of paying late six times over a thirty-two month period, with significantly improved performance after receiving a notice, does not meet the legal threshold for eviction.