Tuckers Solicitors: Squatting clamp down is upon u

The new section 144 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 comes into effect on 1st September 2012.
This section creates a new offence of squatting in a residential building, which will apply throughout England and Wales. There are already, as yet unconfirmed reports, of some police forces moving in on squats...even before the 1 September implementation date.

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