A squatter has won a landmark victory for "squatter's rights" after seeking possession of a run-down property he has lived in and renovated - despite residential squatting being "criminalised" by the Government.
Keith Best applied to register title to 35 Church Road, Newbury Park, Ilford, east London, on the basis that he had been "in adverse possession", also referred to as "squatter's title", for a period of 10 years ending on the date he made his application.
The Chief Land Registrar blocked Mr Best's application relating to the three-bedroom, semi-detached house.
The registrar said he could not allow time to run for registration of title by adverse possession because section 144(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPOA) has made residential squatting a crime, instead of just a civil offence, since September 2012. Read more at
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