Two different grounds
Ground 14 covers nuisance and annoyance, and is discretionary: you have to persuade the court it is reasonable to make the order. Ground 7A is the serious one, it is mandatory, and it depends on something already having been established, typically a conviction or a finding against the tenant.
Most real cases are Ground 14, and most Ground 14 cases are won or lost on the log.
The timing is different from every other ground
These grounds do not carry a waiting period in the way arrears grounds do. The notice can be served and proceedings can begin without the usual delay, which is precisely why the paperwork tends to be rushed and thin.
What the log has to contain
- The date and time of each incident, recorded when it happened rather than months later
- Who reported it and what they described
- What you did about it, including every warning you gave
- Any police reference or council contact
Why contemporaneous matters
A list of twelve incidents written out in one sitting the week before a hearing reads exactly like what it is. Twelve entries made on twelve different dates is a different document entirely, and it is the same twelve facts.
What we do
The notice is drafted on Form 3A with the statutory wording for the ground, and the incident record sits against the property with the dates it was actually entered. The decision remains the court’s.