Breach of the Blackfriars Licence to Occupy

If Blackfriars Hall has reason to believe that you are in breach of your tenancy agreement, then we reserve the right to take any of the following steps that may be appropriate in the circumstances:

• Warning from Blackfriars staff, such as our Junior Deans – this would be the usual procedure for a minor, non-persistent breach of the tenancy agreement. We hope that in most cases an informal warning from Blackfriars staff will usually be sufficient to address the issue.
• Formal warning from the Blackfriars Bursar takes the form of a formal letter or email setting out the alleged breach of the licence and confirming the steps that should be taken to remedy this.
• Referral to the Senior Dean: where breach of the licence to occupy also involves a breach of Blackfriars disciplinary regulations, the Bursar will refer the case to the Senior Dean of Blackfriars under the Hall’s disciplinary procedures.
• Further legal action – where appropriate, we may pass your file to our solicitors and ask them to consider whether taking court proceedings with a view to eviction would be appropriate. This option is usually only used for serious or persistent breaches of the tenancy agreement, or where there is any concern for your health and safety, or that of others.
• A breach could potentially affect the granting of a new licence agreement.