Notification of bail address

[rainydays47]

My husband is on remand and at his bail hearing the court has indicated that it would grant bail providing he lives away from his home address until the trial. I have found some temporary accommodation for us, would I be obliged or would the police inform the owner/landlord that my husband is on bail. He is over 65 and this is his first offence and encounter with the justice system.

[Buenchico]

There is certainly no obligation upon you to notify the landlord of the property about the charge(s) your husband faces.

There is no direct obligation on the police to inform the landlord either. (The only exception might be if your husband's presence at the temporary address was perceived by the police to present a risk to a child, or to a vulnerable adult, living at the same address, or nearby)

However the police have a responsibility to carry out any checks required by the court. For example, if a defendant states that he'll be living with his grandmother, it would not be unusual for the police to visit his granny to check that she has agreed to the arrangement. Then, when the court asked if the police had any objections to bail, they could state that they were satisfied with the arrangement.

In your case the police might decide that no checks are necessary (or they might accept, say, a rent book as evidence that adequate arrangements have been made) but there can be no guarantees. They might still decide that it's necessary to speak to the landlord.

Chris