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The legal status of rough sleepers

May 22 2009
The Pavement is working with lawyers to make sense of how the law affects you and - unsurprisingly - it‘s tricky Last issue we had two letters, from Ian Wells and Al, that questioned the legal status of rough sleepers in light of recent move-ons. Al's letter is reproduced here: Hello, I sleep rough, alone, here-and-there, in out-of-the-way places. I take care not to leave any trace. As I'm not a gathering of two or more people, if I sleep in private woodland for a night, do I have any rights not to get chucked off? Can the police make me leave? And can the owner use reasonable force to evict me? I really hope you can help. Thanks! Al, London We said we'd "try to get you answers for the September issue (the first after a summer break), and we are talking to a solicitor who'll try to find answers for you both." Well, we do have two solicitors helping us on this subject, but, as we thought, it is complicated. So much so, that it'll be next issue before we have an answer, and that in the form of a feature answering the letters, and some other questions readers have raised. So, if you want to know more about the legal status of rough sleepers, pick up a copy of Issue 35 - out 6th October. Thank you for your patience. Editor
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