Updates:
The date of 23 August 2020 referred to below has been extended to 20 September 2020. Please see this article for details.
16 September 2020: the government have published a non statutory reactivation notice which is now linked below.
As of 1 November 2021, the ‘Overall Arrangements” have ended which just leaves Practice Direction 55C in force (see below for claims made after 03 August 2020)
As of 30 November 2021, most of PD55C will end but, the part detailed below about serving a notice of known effect of coronavirus for the tenant remains until 30 June 2022.