Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs v Meier [2009] UKSC 11

Squatting In Commercial Premises: Mind the gap

Jennifer Chappell looks at the current legal process and suggests that legislative changes are urgently required to include commercial properties within the offence ‘Residential property owners are now undoubtedly in a much better position regarding squatters, as the police can arrest and prosecute any offender. The added benefit of this new process is that a …

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Possession Proceedings: Recent developments

Antony Phillips and Christopher Hill provide an overview of the legal framework through which landowners can recover possession and some of the hazards that they need to avoid ‘The recent rise of protest action has added extra considerations to claimants in seeking to remove trespassers from land. This has often proved to be because protestors …

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Occupations By Protesters: Finding the balance

Edward Gamble examines the issues that arise in disputes between owners and occupiers and occupying protesters ‘Trespass is a civil wrong, not a criminal offence, and the police only have limited powers to deal with protestors on private property.’We live in a time of protest. A wide range of issues from public sector spending cuts …

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