The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, via a statement from the Master of the Rolls, Sir Terence Etherton, has announced that possession case proceedings are due to be resumed on 21 September 2020, after they were stayed on 26 March 2020. The resumption of possession proceedings follows the work of a cross-sector working group, headed by Mr Justice Knowles and commissioned by Etherton, to consider and address as far as is practicable, ‘matters affecting litigants and the courts when the stay on possession proceedings is lifted’. The working group focused on formal Practice Directions concerning the judicial process, the exercise of judicial case management and listing powers, and guidance and training for judges and court staff.