Council can evict trespasser

Council can evict trespasser - 1992 - Times 7 February 1992, 9(1) .

In "R v Barnet LBC ex parte Grumbridge" QBD 30 January 1992, it was held that a local authority was neither required nor had any statutory obligation to determine whether an admitted trespasser was homeless or in priority housing need before deciding whether to seek an order for possession of its own property.