Squatting and Sitting in -- Another View

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A. T. H. Smith

Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law; University of Cambridge

Date Written: 1977

Abstract

The Law Commission has concluded that the criminal law has a diminished role to play in regard to trespass to land, a concept which includes both squatting and sitting in. The purpose of this article is to comment on the Law Commission’s proposals in regard to forcible entry and detainer and conspiracy to trespass, and the repeal of the Forcible Entry Acts. It analyses the substituted offences of using violence for the purpose of entry and remaining, having been asked to leave by the displaced residential occupier. The author outlines a number of issues relating to these provisions, and doubts that these reforms will have significant practical impact. Abstract by Rose Goss.

Keywords: squatting, sitting in, trespass, criminal trespass, forcible entry

JEL Classification: K1, K14

Suggested Citation

Smith, A. T. H., Squatting and Sitting in -- Another View (1977). [1977] Crim LR at 139., Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 126/2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2385687

A. T. H. Smith (Contact Author)

Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Wellington, 6140
New Zealand

University of Cambridge ( email )

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Cambridge, CB3 9DZ
United Kingdom

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