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The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
Squatting is when someone deliberately enters property without permission…
A non-residential property is any building or land that is not designed to…
A long-term squatter can become the registered owner of property or land…
HM Land Registry will tell you if squatters apply for legal ownership of…
You can remove squatters using an interim possession order (IPO) or making…
You may be classed as homeless if you’re squatting. Get advice from…
Guidance for criminal justice agencies on the new offence of squatting in a residential building.
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A new crime of squatting was proposed today by Justice Minister Crispin Blunt.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A new crime of squatting has been proposed by Crispin Blunt as part of proposals designed to protect both home and business property owners.
Squatting in homes and all other residential building is to be criminalised for the first time in England and Wales.
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