Guardian Letters - Anti-squatting law should be repealed

[Tony Gosling]

Letters - Anti-squatting law should be repealed
The Guardian, Monday 25 March 2013 21.00 GMT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/25/squatting-law-should-be-repealed
It is just over six months since the offence of 
squatting in a residential building came into 
force. At the time the offence was proposed, 
government sources claimed it was necessary as 
the law "does not support police acting when 
there are squatters in someone's home" and that 
"there are no powers to throw them out". The 
signatories to this letter include many of the 
160 lawyers who wrote to the Guardian (26 
September 2011) pointing out that, as a matter of 
law, those statements were wrong, as such powers 
did exist and had done so since the enactment of the Criminal Law Act 19
Squatters Action for Secure Homes (Squash) has 
now published an analysis of how the law has been 
used in the past six months. Among its findings 
are that none of the 33 known arrests so far 
(leading to 10 convictions and three prison 
sentences) involve the squatters having displaced 
people from their homes. The properties concerned 
were all empty. This seems to lead to two 
conclusions. 1) The concern expressed by the 
lawyers was correct; the offence was not 
necessary to protect home occupiers, it is not 
being used for that purpose. 2) Instead, the 
effect of it has been to facilitate keeping 
properties empty, despite the current housing 
crisis, rather than meeting the purpose for which 
it was claimed to be necessary.
http://www.squashcampaign.org/repeal-law/the-case-against-section-144-2/
Squash is calling for the repeal of squatting 
provisions. We would associate ourselves with that request

Andrew Arden QC Arden Chambers
Giles Peaker Solicitor
Anthony Gold Chair, Housing Law Practitioners Association
David Watkinson Barrister (retired ­ door tenant of Garden Court Chambers)
Nik Antoniades Solicitor, Shelter
Amy Clements Solicitor, Southwark Law Centre
Deirdre Forster Solicitor, Powell Forster
Kay Foxall Solicitor, Southwark Law Centre
Matthew Goldborough Solicitor, Cleveland & Co
Kathy Karavas Solicitor, South West London Law Centre
Mike McIlvaney Solicitor, Community Law Partnership
Greg Powell Powell Forster
Sara Stephens Solicitor, Anthony Gold
Bernard Lo Barrister, Field Court Chambers
David Carter Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers
Emily Orme Barrister, Arden Chambers
Abigail Bache, Dr Timothy Baldwin, John Beckley, 
Liz Davies, Helen Ford, Owen Greenhall, Sean 
Horstead, Catrin Lewis, Stephen Marsh, Keir 
Monteith, Terry Munyard, Michael Paget, David 
Renton Marc Willers Barristers at Garden Court Chambers
Dr Stephen Battersby Environmantal health & 
housing consultant, Chair, Pr-Housing Alliance
Professor David Cowan University of Bristol and Arden Chambers
Joanna Kennedy Chief Executive, Zaccheus 2000 Trust
David Thomas Solicitor, Anthony Gold
Mike O'Dwyer Solicitor, Philcox Gray
Tony Martin Solicitor South West Law London Law Centres
Christopher Dawkins Housing adviser, CCP Cheltenham 1st Stop
David Foster Solicitor, Foster& Foster
Eva Chrysostomou Solicitor, Southwark Law Centre
Kristin Heimark Barrister, Holborn Chambers
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