there are two kinds of squatter's rights
the first is your dude who breaks in and lives there without consent. his only right is that you need a court order to get him out. annoying and timeconsuming and expensive for the landlord, plus a lot of them do trash the place. but you can have him out within a few days.

the second is the right to become the registered legal owner if you've been in occupation for more than 10 years. that is a v different thing. for example, i had one where a family had owned a field for many years, since their dad bought it in the 1930's. turned out he'd bought it from a total charlatan, but because they'd owned it, farmed it etc for 70 years, they won.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 15:53, Reply)