000			01516cab a2200253 4500
001			ABS67959
008			040621n2004 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u126526
100			_aMcNae, J.
245			_aHandle with care
260			_c2004
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(0421) 22 May 2004, 145(1)
520			_aAdvises 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.
590			_aABS
650			_aSQUATTERS RIGHTS
650			_aLAND REGISTRATION ACT 2002
650			_aPROTECTION FROM EVICTION ACT 1977
650			_aCIVIL PROCEDURE RULES PART 55
650			_aREGISTERED TITLE
650			_aSQUATTERS
650			_aTRESPASSERS
690			_aPROPERTY
942			_n0
999			_c74429 _d74429