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Property Litigation: Criminal penalties against squatters
Emma Humphreys gives the lowdown on a new criminal offence for squatting in residential buildings Section 144 of the 2012 Act is certainly wider in scope and more straightforward than s7 of the 1977 Act, in that it criminalises the act of squatting itself rather than merely a failure to leave on request. There has …