Hogan Lovells Publications | Keeping It Real Estate | 24 March 2017

Squatting in mansions: The risk to residential as well as commercial premises

Since the beginning of this year, the so called Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians has occupied a number of multimillion pound residential properties in and around Belgravia. Autonomous Nation’s cause is to highlight the number of properties sitting vacant, whilst the number of homeless people continues to rise. Their occupation of a £14 million mansion at 19 Buckingham Gate was widely publicised as it posed a potential security risk to Her Majesty the Queen with a direct view into Buckingham Palace gardens and Wellington Barracks.

Click here to read the full article.

Download PDF Back To Listing