Handle with care
Series: Estates Gazette ; (0421) 22 May 2004, 145(1)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: Advises property owners on how to deal with squatters. Recommends seeking an eviction order under Civil Procedure Rules Part 55 to get short-term squatters removed and never to remove squatters forcibly as that might to lead to the criminal conviction of the property owner. Long-term squatters may be removed in the same way but a dilatory property owner may face the risk of losing his property. Squatters can apply to the courts to be recognised as owners of property (as adverse possessors) and displace the paper title owner if they can prove that they have occupied the property for 12 years without the owner's consent. However since the Land Registration Act 2002 came into force on 13 October 2003, the law in respect of registered land has shifted back in favour of title owners, who will be warned of any impending squatter's claim and will be able to object to it.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Advises property owners on how to deal with squatters. Recommends seeking an eviction order under Civil Procedure Rules Part 55 to get short-term squatters removed and never to remove squatters forcibly as that might to lead to the criminal conviction of the property owner. Long-term squatters may be removed in the same way but a dilatory property owner may face the risk of losing his property. Squatters can apply to the courts to be recognised as owners of property (as adverse possessors) and displace the paper title owner if they can prove that they have occupied the property for 12 years without the owner's consent. However since the Land Registration Act 2002 came into force on 13 October 2003, the law in respect of registered land has shifted back in favour of title owners, who will be warned of any impending squatter's claim and will be able to object to it.